news out of the vatican. the former pope emeritus benedict has died at the age of 95. with sorrow, we inform you that the pope emeritus benedict xvi passed away, today, this morning, at 9:34 in the mater echess yamon tia mona stare. he was the first pope to resign, rather than stay in office for life. he was a controversial at times member of church. let s go to barbie nadeau in st. peter s square right now. barbie, i m curious, there were a lot of people already in the square and then the news breaks. so what s the reaction? what are people talking about there? reporter: yeah, you know, it s a mixed reaction, because a lot some people didn t know. some people here in rome enjoying a day. the square is empty behind us right now, they re doing a security check because pope francis is going to be coming out here in the next hour or so to visit the nativity scene there. we ve got a lot of pilgrims pushed off the square. they re coming back. but the mood is very solemn.
to earth cam, thousands of revellers are expecting a soggy countdown. we ll go live to the big apple later in the show. gillian: first to our top story this hour, the world is now mourning of loss of a historical religious figure. the vatican is announcing death of pope emeritus benedict xvi. and charles has more on his long lasting legacy. what a story he had. pope benedict xvi had an impact on catholics across the world in a position he never imagined himself in. for decades cardinal joseph ratsinger had been a key advisor to pope john paul ii, as a staunch conservative. and took the cardinals just two days to give the job to a german, scholarly man who didn t appear to want it. as pope benedict xvi, he rattled relativism, what might be true for someone, might not be true for someone else. and he will be remembered not only for his birthday celebration in the white house, a stop at ground zero and a mass in yankee stadium, but also, by the way in which he addressed the ca
issues have sticking power. because there are indicators the momentum might be shifting again. from georgia, to arizona, democrats are placing it all on abortion. candidates with a full-page newspaper ads, and pouring millions into commercials splashing across tv screens trying to remind everyone especially women every single day what could happen if republicans are in control. under kemp, i could be investigated and imprisoned. for a miscarriage. only a handful of republican candidates are pushing back directly on the issue of abortion, and instead they re going all in on crime. i.c.e., open our borders to illegal immigrants and violent felons without bail. mandela barnes, dangerously liberal on crime. some republicans are going even further, zeroing in on communities of color, with anti-crime speeches in diverse nyc neighborhoods and dr. oz has been throughout pennsylvania with faith forums in black community and tommy tuberville of alabama said this, just this weeken
mother is under scrutiny after he linked her death to 9/11. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. tonight we have a new window into the previously unseen testimony in the january 6th investigation. the house select committee going public with a significant new batch of transcripts including the panel s interview with donald trump jr. cnn political correspondent sara murray is here with me in the situation room. she has been going through all this new material. sara, this round of transcripts involve some members of trump s inner circle. what have you learned? we ve reported on how important mark meadows texts were for this committee. and we see it again in the committee s interview with donald trump jr. he is texting mark meadows during the riot while it s infurling, saying we need an oval address. we need to leave now, talking about his father. it s gone too far and gotten out of hand. th
Who stopped to help a woman lying unconscious in the street. he was hit by a car on college close in sheffield and died at the scene a woman was taken to hospital with serious injuries. mr marriott, worked for a debt counselling charity and was a leading member of his church, helping set up and run a food bank in sheffield. in a statement, his family said he was a wonderful husband, dad, brother, uncle and friend to many . at this appearance today, hassan jhangur will appear at this appearance today, hassan jhangurwillappear in at this appearance today, hassan jhangur will appear in court in march for a plea hearing. richard davies, who represented him says he intends to plead not guilty. he was remanded into custody and a trial date was set forjuly. date was set forjuly. thank you very much- ukrainian officials say four people have been killed and dozens injured in a heavy russian missile bombardment of the capital kyiv, and the north eastern city of kharkiv. the missiles hit