the social networking giant blocks access to news media on its site in a row over paying for content. millions of texans are without power for a fourth day straight, after gas pipelines and wind turbines freeze over in a winter storm. and as texas froze, ted cruz flew to mexico. has the republican senator left his reputation out in the cold? hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. i m kasia madera. and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. but we start on another planet mars, where the nasa perseverance rover has safely touched down. it has already started sending back messages from its new home and will now set about the business of trying to find signs that mars was once and could even still be a planet where life took hold. here s our science correspondent rebecca morelle. and a warning, her report contains some flashing images. perseverance is going about one km per second. a nerve racking wait at
that s 1880851177. call now leaks lives cia secrets, maori play nali plane dollars, playing lives were at stake. yes, my children. this is horrifying united states of scandal with jake tapper. new episode sunday at nine on cnn this, is cnn. he news. we are monitoring breaking news this afternoon on cnn news central, top generals in charge of the chaotic us withdrawal from afghanistan back in 2021, are testifying on capitol hill former joint chiefs of staff general mark milley and former commander of us central command general kenneth mackenzie our testifying before the house foreign affairs. that s right. both laid some blame for the chaos on the state department. and its choice not to call for evacuations soon enough. let s listen back in i m not sure even today about the accuracy of all those numbers are they in jail dead? some of them i think some were killed afghans. i don t know about the american, i don t think americans were, but i think some of the afghans wer
case, but what we know is this, the irs whistle-blower s lawyers have written to members of congress saying that the whistle-blower and his entire team have been removed from the ongoing and sensitive investigation of the high-profile controversial subject about which our client sought to make whistle-blower disclosures to congress. the whistle-blower previously alleged political interference in the investigation of that high-profile, controversial subject who fox has been told is hunter biden. as for the whistle-blower s removal from the investigation, his legal team says its client, was informed the change was at the request of the department of justice. the move was condemned as retaliatory action by house speaker kevin mccarthy who said by a twitter that republicans on the house, weighs and means committee, will expose any possible cover-up at the irs and republicans will protect the whistle-blowers who shine a light on government misconduct. congressman richard nea
well, pete, rachel for the all american new year. we ve got people out in the ski slopes in colorado. we ve got reporters in new orleans. we ve got a brave human is going to take a polar plunge in new jersey. you do not want to miss it at all. i have got these things, can i borrow that? one of these. happy new year is the and have a safe night. the five new year s eve special starts right now. hello everyone i m judge jeanine along with jessica tarlov. jesse watters, dana perino and world heavyweight champion ty tyrus. it s 5:00 p.m. in new york city this is the five. welcome to our new year s special. it has been a busy year for us here on the five covering all the big stories. we have covered just about everything from politics, the pop culture, and everything else in between. we have a huge show i had today including our resolutions and our predictions for 2023. i cannot believe i m saying t that. we are also going to take a look back at our bus to see moments from the
documents that they re usually k kept under lock and key. the appeals court said the trump team s claims that the documents weren t declassified like this one if you re the president of the united states you can declassify anything you want. you can declassify it by saying it or thinking it because you re sending it to mar-a-lago or wherever you re sending it. there doesn t have to be a process. the ruling came on the heals of a civil suit filed against donald trump and his family and business, the suit alleges a quarter billion dollars in financial fraud. we ll show you the stunning moment when trump didn t deny that key allegation. cnn senior legal analyst ellie honig is here to break down all of this. fill us in. a big win for doj they have their classified documents back. this started about two weeks ago when the district judge presiding over the case said ye we are going to have a special master. doj did not want that, they objected, they lost. the way this was g