the invesco qqq legacy classic is back on tnt. that was fun! if you re wondering why we re tired this morning oh, wait, are we on the air? yep! how are you guys doing? it was an awesome game. i feel energized by stuff like that. you were the last holdout. in alabama, there s a whole thing in the fourth quarter, everyone holes their fours up, because you don t leave the game in the fourth quarter. he does not live when he fans leave the game. i cannot leave early. it s like in my soul. and you were the first to go. i was like, we ve got to go. so much fun. thanks, boss, for going to the game. we had fun last night. thanks for joining us. good morning, everybody. that was a knicks/lakers game. we ll talk a little bit more about that. but now we have to get to the news, because there is a lot going on. today, tyre nichols life will be celebrated in memphis as the city prepares for his funeral. authorities also say that even more videos are set to be re
welcome back to our breaking news coverage. president biden is making a dangerous unannounced visit to kyiv in the middle of the war. good morning, everyone. i m poppy harlow in new york. kaitlan collins with special coverage anchoring from warsaw, poland. you re getting new reporting? yeah. we have just learned, poppy, that president biden has now left kyiv. of course, the question is whether is he going next? potentially it is here where i am in warsaw, poland. that was according to the last white house schedule where he was going to be making his first stop during this trip to europe. obviously, made that surprise unannounced shouted in secrecy visit to kyiv. the seventh visit eighth visit to ukraine but first since the invasion happened a year ago. of course, these trips are always sensitive for a president. but this one especially given he went into an active war zone. the reporters traveled with him had their phones taken from them before the plane took off. he only
sidner in new york. this is cnn this morning. kaitlan collins is anchoring live in warsaw, poland. she has some new reporting. let s cabibegin with you, what you hearing? obviously, we are learning details about the details, what happened behind this visit. how the white house is planning this. it was obviously kept secret until president biden was on the ground. he was actually on the ground for some time before we had the white house confirm that he was there, but we re learning that it was months of planning that actually went into this. only a handful of aides from different agencies that were involved in this. obviously, they wanted to keep it an incredibly close hold, because it is such a sensitive visit. what we re learning from the white house is that it was last friday when president biden made the final decision that yes, he was going to be going into this active war zone, right around the anniversary of russia s invasion of ukraine. that s when he decided to go.
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
there s another storm in the eastern atlantic that could race to that name but here s where we are now. it forecast to get into the very warm waters of the caribbean and possibly take a right. i think this is a much more accurate forecast than the computers had any idea of yesterday. mod els were here and here. no idea. now we do have a cone and there are the there are the models today. a lot different. they look a lot more organized today. hurricane hunters are in the storm right now. that s a lot of possibility for u.s. landfall there. oh, sure. chad myers, thank you very much. the ukrainian president calling on russians to revolt as vladimir putin faces an uprising from his own people this morning, hours after putin shocked his people by announcing a draft. the russian leader continues to face major turmoil at home. his order has sparked angry protests across the country and let to more than 1,300 arrests. the move now causing some russians to leave. here you see