tonight cnn will join the global celebration live from times square with our hosts anderson cooper and andy cohen. the action gets started at 8:00. and today we are honoring the life and legacy of trailblazing journalist barbara walters. she passed away in her home at the age of 9 3. she is of course known for her decades-long broadcasting career and interviews with world leaders and celebrities. walters interviewed every u.s. president and first lady since the nixon administration, and the first female news anchor when she joined nbc. here s a look back at some of her memorable interviews. are you sorry you didn t burn the tapes? you have been described a she duck tres, stal knowledger, bimbo. why did you kill john lennon? i never put on a seductive face. does he hit you? he shakes. he pushes. he swings. some people smiled when he said that. what do you think he saw in our soul? tributes pouring in including connie chung. chung tells cnn she not only pa
southwest airlines canceling the majority of its flights for today. we have team reporting. mona kosar abdi in buffalo, elwyn lopez in atlanta and meteorologist rob marciano timing it all out. the nationwide virus threat. covid-19 on the rise. with the holidays under way, the new warning tonight that all those gatherings and travel could send cases soaring, while flu activity remains high. the new strike inside russia. for the second time this month an air base 300 miles from the border hit. putin s forces claiming they shot down a ukrainian drone. ukraine signaling hope for negotiations. are peace talks possible? britt clennett from kyiv tonight. the urgent investigation in washington state. four power substations disabled on christmas day, knocking out power to thousands on the holiday. what officials are saying tonight. the crisis at the border reaches washington, d.c. hundreds of migrants bussed to the nation s capital from texas left in the cold. families with ch
southwest airlines canceling the majority of its flights for today. we have team reporting. mona kosar abdi in buffalo, elwyn lopez in atlanta. the nationwide virus threat. covid-19 on the rise. with the holidays under way, the new warning tonight that all those gatherings and travel could send cases soaring, while flu activity remains high. t strike inside russia. for the second time this month, an air base 300 miles from the border hit. putin s forces claiming they shot down a ukrainian drone. ukraine signaling hope for negotiations. are peace talks possible? britt clennett from kyiv tonight. the urgent investigation in washington state. four power substations disabled on christmas day, knocking out power to thousands on the holiday. what officials are saying tonight. the crisis at the border reaches washington, d.c. hundreds of migrants bussed to the nation s capital from texas, left in the cold. families with children not prepared for the bitter conditions. used t
and briefing materials on topics including ukraine, iran and the u.k. all of this at the center of a special counsel investigation. let s get right to cnn senior justice correspondent, evan perez, who is following all of this. evan, what more can you tell us about these classified documents that were found? not always a good thing whenela saturday. not always when you fix a statement that was provided a day earlier. what the white house is now confronting, they have had to explain multiple times in the past week about the finding of these classified documents. and a lot of it, frankly, they ve known about the documents since at least december, that there were additional documents they chose not to disclose it. what we know is there was an additional five pages of classified documents, that they were found in the president s home in williamington. that s in addition to one document they had disclosed just yesterday. and the issue for the white house is that now we re talking
cnn through the crime scene. plus, she s the one that we wanted and treasured. singer, actress, and icon olivia newton-john passes away. hello, and welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper. we begin with our politics lead. president biden began his week on the cusp of a huge win for his party. the senate this weekend in a marathon voting session passed the democratic branded inflation reduction act strictly along party lines. every single republican voted against it. the bill now heads to the house. it is expected to pass along party lines there as well. and president biden could sign it into law as soon as friday. the massive $750 billion bill contains sweeping health care provisions, tax increases on wealthy corporations, and the largest climate investments in u.s. history. and this comes as the president and first lady tour eastern kentucky, where hellish flooding killed more than three dozen people and caused catastrophic damage to communities. presi