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Welcome to this.

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The weather outside really is

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frightful. And while millions of Americans

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will get a white Christmas, thousands

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will also have their flights canceled.

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We're skimming how to survive the holiday

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travel madness. Also

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on the show, we've got the week's other

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major headlines. From a surprise

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visit in Washington DC to

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chaos and confusion at the US

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Mexico border. Later,

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the January sixth committee dropped its

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final mix tape. I mean report.

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We read it so you don't have to.

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And finally, from the Negroni

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Spagliado to the FBI

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raid at Mar a Lago. Twenty

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twenty two was a weird one.

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We're bringing you highlights from the year in

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sound. We're here to make

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you smarter and the news less overwhelming.

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I'm Alex Carr, and for the last

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time in twenty twenty two, let's

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Skimm this.

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Let's start with some headlines from Week's

1:08

News and give you some context

1:11

on why they matter. First

1:13

up, Tonight,

1:16

a crippling collision course taking aim

1:18

at holiday travel. The

1:20

US is bracing for a bomb

1:22

cyclone. That's bringing snow,

1:24

rain, and severe wind chill to

1:26

more than forty states this weekend.

1:29

Talk about 6th Pole vibes. Snow

1:32

already blanketed the Pacific Northwest

1:34

earlier this week, and now over

1:37

fifty million people across the plains

1:39

to the Great Lakes are under winter

1:41

weather advisories as the storm moves

1:43

across the country. Depending

1:46

on where you live, temperatures could drop

1:48

twenty five to thirty five degrees

1:50

in just a matter of hours between

1:53

Thursday night and Friday morning. In

1:56

the northeast, heavy rainfall

1:58

combined with an arctic blast of freezing

2:00

temperatures could create dangerous

2:02

conditions on the road. And

2:04

states as far south as Texas

2:07

and Florida could see below

2:09

freezing temperatures. On

2:11

Wednesday, Texas governor Greg Abbott

2:14

assured reporters that the state's

2:16

power grid will be able to handle

2:18

the freeze coming. And that we won't

2:20

see a repeat of the massive grid

2:22

failure from twenty twenty one when

2:24

over two hundred people died.

2:27

All of this frightful winter weather

2:29

means some people might not be making

2:31

it home for the holidays. Triple

2:34

A is predicting that more than seven million

2:36

people will be flying home this holiday season.

2:39

But by the time we publish push this,

2:41

over twelve thousand flights had been delayed,

2:44

and more than four thousand flights were

2:46

canceled going into this weekend. if

2:49

you're planning on traveling this weekend, here

2:51

are some tips to navigate potential

2:53

headaches. First,

2:56

if you're flying, make sure to have your airlines

2:58

app downloaded on your phone. And

3:01

if your flight gets canceled, hop

3:03

online in person to speak with an agent

3:06

and multitask on your phone. Oftentimes,

3:09

you can rebook directly from the

3:11

app. And sometimes it's

3:13

even faster than speaking with a rep.

3:17

don't forget to bring snacks because

3:19

if your flight is delayed, buying

3:21

nine dollar Cheez It's will only put

3:23

you in a worse mood. And

3:26

if you're driving this weekend, Keep

3:28

an emergency cold weather kit with

3:30

things like a first aid kit, gloves,

3:32

blankets, and snacks in your car.

3:35

Also, be sure to keep your phone charged

3:37

and monitor the ice on the road.

3:43

For our next headline, there's a surprise

3:45

visitor in

3:46

town. And, no,

3:48

it's not Santa. President

3:51

Zelensky, I'm

3:53

honored to welcome you back to the way out.

3:56

We spent an awful lot of time on the telephone

3:59

as well as on video with this good

4:01

to see him first again. On

4:03

Wednesday, Ukrainian president Volodymyr

4:06

Zelensky touched down in Washington

4:08

DC. This is his

4:10

first trip out of Ukraine since

4:12

the Russian invasion began more than three

4:14

hundred days ago. So

4:16

why did he make the trip? Short

4:19

answer, weapons. Zelensky

4:22

wants the US to supply Ukraine

4:24

with more high-tech weapons to fight

4:26

off Russian advances. And

4:28

during his visit, the White House

4:30

released details about the first ever

4:32

Patriot missile defense systems the

4:34

US is sending to Ukraine to help with

4:36

air

4:36

raids. Later in the

4:39

day, Zelensky addressed a

4:41

joint session of Congress. It's

4:43

a great honor for me

4:45

to be at the US Congress

4:47

and speak to you and

4:49

all Americans. Against

4:54

against all odds and

4:56

doom and gloom, scenarios

4:59

Ukraine didn't fall. Ukraine

5:03

is alive and kicking.

5:09

Zelensky's appearance comes as

5:11

some politicians have been pushing back

5:13

on sending more funding to Ukraine.

5:16

Some GOP lawmakers have said they

5:18

don't want to write blank checks for the war

5:20

in Ukraine, and some in

5:22

congress even mocked Zelensky.

5:25

But during his speech, Zelensky doubled

5:27

down and said that the additional aid was

5:29

critical, calling it an investment

5:31

in the global security and democracy see

5:33

that we handle in the most responsible

5:36

way. And while

5:38

we're talking about what's going on in DC,

5:40

let's get to our next headline.

5:43

Tonight, former president Trump's tax

5:45

returns will be released to the public.

5:47

Whilemakers got six years of Trump's

5:49

tax returns last month, and now

5:51

those documents could be revealed in as

5:53

soon as just a few days. After

5:56

a long fought battle, late Tuesday

5:58

night, the House Ways and Means Committee

6:00

voted to release six years of Donald

6:02

Trump's tax returns. A

6:04

summary report published this week revealed

6:07

Trump paid just seven hundred and

6:09

fifty dollars in federal income taxes

6:11

in twenty sixteen and twenty seventeen.

6:14

And I'll just say that's definitely less

6:16

than what I paid. And

6:19

in twenty twenty, the summary says

6:21

he paid zero dollars in federal income

6:23

taxes. Another

6:25

report released by the same committee

6:28

alleged that the IRS failed

6:30

to audit Trump's taxes during the

6:32

first two years of his presidency, even

6:35

though they're required to do so. Blame

6:38

it on the staffing shortages, I guess?

6:40

The committee also said

6:42

Congress should codify a mandatory

6:44

audit program in future. Big

6:48

picture, this release is a win for

6:50

transparency and accountability.

6:52

But some critics say this move is

6:54

the end of tax privacy as

6:56

we know it. And

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while we're talking about the former president,

7:01

our next headline takes us to the

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southern border. Where a Trump era

7:06

policy has been causing some tension.

7:08

Growing concerns at the US southern border,

7:11

thousands of migrants are arriving each

7:13

day as the fate of title forty

7:15

two hangs in the ballots. For

7:18

weeks, thousands of migrants have made

7:20

their way to the US southern border.

7:22

Ahead of Title forty two's anticipated

7:25

expiration yesterday. As

7:27

a reminder, under the Trump administration,

7:30

The CDC used a decades

7:32

old public health order to basically

7:34

give border patrol the power to expel

7:37

migrants and asylum seekers from the US

7:39

in order to stop the spread of

7:41

COVID. Now, the

7:43

Biden administration believes that that

7:45

rule has outlived its public health

7:47

justification. And is

7:49

ready to bring it to an end. But

7:51

there's a catch. While team Biden

7:53

is ready for the program to wind down,

7:56

there's been a lot of resistance. And

7:58

earlier this week, the Supreme

8:00

Court even weighed in and extended the

8:02

order at the request of nineteen

8:05

GOP led states. Those

8:07

states argue that ending title forty

8:09

two is gonna lead to a surge in migrants

8:11

crossing the border, putting pressure

8:13

on border states. While

8:16

immigration advocates say, Title forty

8:18

two stops those who need asylum

8:20

from getting it under the guise of

8:22

public health. And this fight

8:24

over title forty two comes as things at

8:26

the border have gotten more dangerous.

8:30

The past fiscal year has been the deadliest

8:32

year on record for migrants trying

8:34

to make it to the US. According

8:36

to the data, at least eight hundred

8:38

people died while trying to cross the

8:40

border. Many migrants,

8:42

including from Nicaragua, Cuba

8:44

and are fleeing economic

8:46

troubles, violence, and other threats at

8:48

home. So while the fight

8:50

over this policy continues to

8:52

play out, El Paso, Texas has

8:54

declared a state of emergency, and

8:56

officials estimate twenty thousand

8:58

migrants may be waiting in Mexico

9:00

to cross over. For our

9:03

final headline, let's take a look

9:05

at what's going on at Twitter.

9:07

We've tried to tamp

9:09

down the Twitter news recently, but

9:11

Elon Musk is now stepping down as

9:13

Twitter's CEO. It all

9:16

started on Sunday when

9:18

Musk asked asked Twitter users to vote if he

9:20

should stay put as CEO of the

9:22

company. And fifty

9:24

seven percent of the users who voted

9:26

said you've got to go. For

9:28

his part, Musk seems to be a

9:30

man of his word. After the

9:32

polls closed on two day. Musk

9:34

said he'd resign as Twitter's chief

9:36

executive as soon as he finds

9:38

someone direct quote here

9:40

foolish enough to take the job.

9:43

One possible candidate, his Snoop

9:45

Dog, who posted his own poll

9:47

asking if he should run Twitter. And

9:50

eighty one percent of users who voted said

9:52

yes.

9:53

Yes. How do you remember all your

9:55

passwords? Oh,

9:57

wow. That's a great question, Jimmy.

10:00

I'd have to say, telekinesis. Telekinesis.

10:03

Yes. So I tell a few of my nieces,

10:05

put it in their phone and they

10:07

remember it for me. Honestly,

10:09

I'm kind of manifesting this

10:11

for twenty twenty three.

10:28

For the past eighteen months, a

10:30

House Select Committee has been investigating

10:32

the January sixth insurrection at the

10:35

capital.

10:36

January sixth committee took its place

10:39

in history as presenting one of

10:41

the most, if not the

10:42

most, import set of hearings

10:44

in congressional history. If

10:46

Mike Pence does the right thing,

10:48

we win the election. Presidential

10:51

pressure can be really hard to resist. This

10:53

could have been the spark that started

10:55

a new civil war. You'll never

10:58

take back to our country with

10:59

weakness. You have to show strength that you

11:02

had to be strong. There were

11:05

officers on the ground. They

11:07

were bleeding. They were

11:09

growing up. I I mean, I saw

11:11

friends with blood all over their

11:13

faces. The president says it needs the effect

11:15

of I'm the acting president

11:17

taking up to the capital

11:18

now. Again, he is

11:20

unfit for any office.

11:26

And their watch ended this week

11:28

when the committee of seven Democrats and

11:30

two Republicans held its

11:33

final hearing. And drop to

11:35

report with the findings. We

11:37

know that might not be your winner break

11:39

read of choice. So we're

11:41

skimming three things you need to know about what

11:43

they found. Number

11:46

one, for the first time

11:48

ever, a congressional committee is

11:50

recommending that a former US

11:52

president be prosecuted. The

11:54

committee voted unanimously in

11:56

favor of four criminal referrals

11:58

against former president Donald

12:00

Trump. Those include conspiracy

12:02

to defraud the United States government,

12:04

conspiracy to make a false statement,

12:07

obstruction of an official proceeding, and

12:09

incorrect So

12:12

how did they come to that conclusion?

12:15

Through its several hearings, the committee

12:17

found that Donald Trump plotted a month's

12:19

long plan to steal Joe Biden's

12:21

win. Trump claimed

12:23

widespread election fraud and

12:25

worked with state election officials to

12:27

pressure the then VP Mike Pence

12:29

to delay certifying election

12:31

results even though he knew it could

12:33

spell legal trouble. Trump

12:36

also allegedly submitted a false

12:38

slate of electors to congress in

12:40

an attempt to overturn swing states

12:42

that Biden won. And finally,

12:44

the panel says Trump rallied his

12:46

supporters to storm the capital and

12:48

refused to stop the violence even

12:50

though he knew lives were at

12:51

risk. We

12:52

fight like hell. And if you don't fight like

12:54

hell, you're not gonna have a country

12:56

anymore. The

12:59

committee's been clear that they think Trump

13:01

is mainly possible for the events of

13:03

January six, but he

13:05

wasn't the only one involved. And

13:07

that brings us to the second thing you need

13:10

to know. Skimm members of

13:12

Congress and others in Trump's circle

13:14

played an active role in trying to

13:16

overturn the election too.

13:18

The committee made criminal referrals against

13:20

Trump's lawyer, John Eastman, for

13:22

pushing Mike Pence, to reject legitimate

13:25

electoral votes. The committee also

13:27

referred four House Republicans,

13:29

including House minority leader Kevin

13:31

6th, to the bipartisan House 6th

13:34

Committee. For refusing to cooperate with

13:36

the investigation. While those

13:38

lawmakers won't be charged criminally,

13:40

they could face fines or

13:42

disciplinary action. But

13:45

considering that Republicans will have the power

13:47

in the house starting in January, that's

13:50

unlikely. And

13:52

that brings us to the third thing you

13:54

need to know, the consequences

13:56

of this investigation.

13:58

Let's start with what we might see in the

14:00

short term, including legislation.

14:03

Congress is expected to

14:05

pass a bipartisan bill would prevent

14:07

a January six like scenario from

14:09

happening again. The

14:11

electoral count act would make it clear that a

14:13

vice president's role in the

14:15

election certification process is

14:18

strictly ceremonial. And

14:20

it would raise the threshold needed for

14:22

members of Congress to object to

14:24

a state's factorial votes. Lawmakers

14:26

have added this act to a larger government

14:29

spending bill, which will have to pass by

14:31

the end of this week in order to keep the

14:33

government funded. If all

14:35

goes as planned, it'll be the first piece

14:37

of legislation to protect elections

14:39

since the capital riots happened.

14:42

Longer term, it's up to the Department of

14:44

Justice to choose whether or not to

14:46

prosecute Trump. As a

14:48

reminder, the DOJ has

14:50

separately been looking into the former president's actions

14:52

on January sixth. Not to

14:54

mention, the department is also investigating

14:56

Trump's handling of classified

14:58

documents. What

15:00

all this means is that the DOJ

15:02

likely won't prosecute Trump

15:04

solely based on the House Committee's recommendations.

15:08

Meanwhile, experts question

15:10

whether or not the January six investigations

15:13

have stained Trump's reputation.

15:15

Especially as he gears up for his twenty

15:17

twenty four presidential run.

15:20

Some say the investigation and

15:22

the others that have piled on the former

15:24

president, have dampened the enthusiasm

15:26

for him to run again, and that the

15:28

controversy surrounding him has made his

15:30

rivals like Florida's governor, Rhonda

15:32

Santos, become more popular.

15:36

So the jury's out on whether these

15:38

hearings will actually affect Trump's

15:40

popularity as a political candidate. whether

15:42

the former president will face

15:44

prosecution. The

15:55

year is coming to a close,

15:57

and it's safe to say a lot

15:59

happened in twenty twenty two. From

16:02

politics to protests to pop

16:04

culture. But instead

16:06

of trying to overanalyze what

16:08

happened, or ignore it.

16:10

We thought we should take some time and

16:12

just listen to the sounds

16:14

of a busy

16:14

year. A year where a lot

16:16

of us experienced changes. Today,

16:20

an historic upheaval. In

16:23

a sweeping ruling that overturned a half

16:25

a century of president's five justices

16:27

ended the right of American women to

16:29

choose abortion under the constitution.

16:31

This

16:31

is a nightmare.

16:32

I'm twenty one and I terrified.

16:35

This is the moment America

16:37

and women's rights went back

16:39

in time. Also

16:43

in twenty twenty two,

16:45

Americans had to grapple with the effects

16:47

of gun violence YET

16:48

AGAIN. WE ARE

16:49

FOLLOWING THE BREAKING NEWS OUT OF

16:51

TEXAS AND IT IS HEARTBREAKING

16:53

NEWS.

16:53

Reporter: HE GOT TO COME number one? Hello,

17:02

ma'am. Can you hear me? A

17:03

gunman was inside Rob elementary

17:05

SCOLL IN UVELLY, SHOOTING AT

17:07

CHILDREN. IT STARTED AROUND two:thirty SATURDAY

17:10

AFTERNOON IN THE PARKING LOT OF THIS TOPS

17:12

FRIENDLY MARKET STORE IN A PREDOMINENT BLACK

17:14

NEIGHBORHOOD IN

17:14

BOUFELO. I

17:15

WAS SCARED. I WAS TRAPPED. I WANTED TO GET OUT

17:17

OF THAT BUILDING. Reporter: BREAKING NEWS. POLICE SAY

17:19

AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE ARE DEAD

17:21

AFTER A SHOOTING Colorado Springs

17:23

nightclub. When are we gonna do

17:26

something? Something

17:29

else that hit families and

17:32

community hard was the rocky economy.

17:34

The highest inflation in forty one years,

17:36

and more evidence that it's getting harder

17:38

for American work to keep up with the cost

17:40

of

17:40

living. Moment to moment. It's day to day.

17:43

It's counting the pennies. That's

17:45

just for food and gas and got forbid

17:47

anything else go wrong in life. Inflation

17:50

hit record highs in June

17:52

and while prices might have peaked,

17:55

Americans are still worried about the state of

17:57

the economy heading into the New

17:59

Year. Amazon has announced plans to

18:01

lay off ten thousand workers The

18:03

latest tech company that's been cutting jobs.

18:05

This comes after cuts at meta and

18:07

Twitter. We're stock markets, major

18:09

indices, all having their worst started the year

18:11

in several decades. Dropped to new lows for the year.

18:13

And the people invested in crypto

18:15

are just plain

18:17

worried. President Donald Trump: twenty

18:18

twenty two has been a brutal year for

18:21

cryptocurrency. FTX is

18:23

back in the spotlight with the crypto company

18:25

taking part in a bankruptcy court hearing

18:27

today. The company filed for bankruptcy

18:29

last month as it collapsed. This was

18:31

a case of good, old, fashion,

18:34

in bezelment. Meanwhile, Congress is hoping

18:36

that the Inflation Reduction Act,

18:38

the historic spending bill that got signed

18:41

in August, and the bill, as

18:43

amended, is passed. Helps

18:45

ease some pain for families

18:47

and invest in the country's future.

18:50

A MAJOR VICTORY FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN AND THE

18:52

DEMOCRATS. THE SENATE PASSAGE OF A LAMARK

18:54

seven forty BILLION dollars ECONOMIC

18:57

PACKAGE THAT package will make the single biggest

18:59

investment in clean energy in the

19:01

nation's history.

19:04

That bill wasn't the only thing keeping

19:07

lawmakers busy this year. President

19:09

Biden just signed the historic respect

19:11

for Merit Act. That protects same sex and interracial

19:14

marriages. And back in

19:16

February, Congress passed a

19:18

me too bill that

19:20

got rid of forced arbitration for

19:22

sexual harassment and assault at

19:24

work, and increased protections for

19:26

workers. So this is one of the most significant

19:28

workplace reforms in American history. The bill

19:30

is going to help fix a broken system that

19:32

protects perpetrators and corporations and

19:34

ends the days of silencing survivors.

19:38

Lawmakers also passed the

19:40

first major gun safety bill in

19:42

decades, but notably didn't

19:44

pass in assault weapons ban. And

19:46

while we're on the topic of DC,

19:49

let's talk about the Supreme

19:50

Court, where new justice

19:52

donned her robes. The next associate

19:55

justice in the United States Supreme

19:57

Court, the honorable Gitanjie

19:59

Brown Jackson. It

20:03

is the greatest honor of my life

20:05

to be here with you at this

20:08

moment. This fall, as

20:10

Scottus took up a new slate of

20:12

cases, Americans hit the polls to

20:14

vote in the midterm elections.

20:16

And while

20:18

Republicans expected huge gains,

20:20

6th DIDN'T PAN OUT AS ANALISTS

20:23

EXPECTED.

20:23

IT WON THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE A

20:25

RED WAVE, YET A LOT OF FOLKS PROBABLY WAY

20:27

up at this hour

20:28

going, what happened to that red wave? We did

20:30

not see that red wave materialize. Democrats

20:33

now have control of the United STATE

20:36

SENATE INSURED. Reporter: VOTERS IN CALIFORNIA,

20:38

MICHIGAN, Vermont, KENTUCKY AND

20:40

Montana WERE ALL CONSIDERING MEASURES

20:42

ON A BAR abortion rights is

20:44

now enshrined into the state's constitution. This

20:47

is the first ballot

20:49

test for abortion rights, and the

20:51

answer was

20:51

clear. And it was decisive and it was

20:54

in Kansas. I mean, you said that there

20:56

are ruby red state. The

20:59

midterm elections also

21:01

weren't great for former president Donald

21:03

Trump, who announced his candidacy

21:05

for the twenty twenty four presidential

21:07

election, just a couple weeks

21:09

later. A lot of candidates that

21:11

Trump backed in the midterms, including

21:13

Georgia senate candidate, Hershel Walker,

21:15

and Pennsylvania senate doctor Memmett

21:18

Oz lost their races,

21:20

which helped keep the Democratic

21:22

majority in the senate. Meanwhile,

21:25

this year, Trump himself

21:27

became the target of a high profile and

21:29

controversial investigation by

21:31

the Department of

21:32

Justice. New reporting here after

21:34

that unprecedented FBI search at the home

21:36

of former president Trump at Mar a Lago in

21:38

Florida.

21:38

And this was the search heard

21:41

around the world. Republicans are accusing

21:43

the Biden administration of weaponizing

21:45

the FBI. No one at the White House

21:47

was given a a heads up

21:49

know that did not happen. We're learning more about what they did. What

21:51

they found as partisan debate is

21:54

unprecedented development. Twenty

22:01

twenty two was our third year living with the

22:03

COVID-nineteen pandemic, and

22:05

our first year watching

22:07

monkeypox now renamed as Epox

22:09

spread globally. And I got

22:11

the results back in two

22:13

days, and it was positive monkeypox.

22:17

I have seen my primary care physician

22:21

who basically told

22:23

me that to take Tylenol,

22:26

And then my some symptoms

22:28

got worse. I went to the r, and it

22:30

was completely interfering with my day

22:33

to day life was akin to what I would

22:35

probably consider to be, like, a medieval

22:37

torture. MPOGS

22:39

is now thankfully on the decline.

22:41

After stockpiled vaccines were

22:43

made available, and the LGBTQ plus

22:46

community came together to spread

22:48

awareness about the virus and the vaccine. Meanwhile,

22:51

to combat the spread of Omicron,

22:53

we got new updated bivalent

22:55

booster shots, but COVID

22:57

hasn't been eliminated. In fact, China

22:59

is now dealing with its worst COVID

23:02

nineteen outbreak since the start of the

23:04

pandemic. And speaking

23:06

of China, This

23:08

year, the country's leader Xi Jinping

23:10

secured a third term.

23:12

Xi Jinping has become the most

23:14

powerful leader in China in decades after being

23:16

given a third term as leader of the

23:18

Communist Party. And there was a

23:20

swell of mass protests. Which

23:25

helped end government imposed COVID

23:28

lockdowns. Speaking

23:32

of protests, demonstrations have also been

23:34

taking place in Iran for the past three

23:37

6th, following the death of a young woman while

23:39

she was in police custody.

23:44

And these protests have turned

23:46

violent as police have cracked down

23:48

onto centers.

23:49

These are the videos Iran doesn't want you to

23:52

see.

23:52

Police firing in the

23:55

streets. We men

23:57

cutting their hair, burning

23:59

her jobs in rage. Protests

24:01

in Iran are expected to

24:03

continue in the New Year.

24:06

In Europe, Russia's

24:09

president Vladimir Putin attacked

24:11

neighboring country Ukraine in February.

24:14

And started a war.

24:15

Good evening and we're coming on the air at this

24:18

hour with breaking news after the US

24:20

warned all day of a full scale

24:22

Russian invasion of Ukraine that it was

24:24

imminent. Vladimir Putin has

24:26

just addressed the Russian people moments

24:28

ago announcing what Putin called the start of

24:30

a military special operation

24:32

in his words. December

24:35

marks ten months since Putin

24:37

invaded Ukraine, and there's

24:39

no end in sight. According

24:41

to the UN, over six thousand

24:43

civilians have been killed in the war.

24:45

And experts

24:46

say, there are lives unaccounted for

24:49

in areas where the fighting is still ongoing.

24:52

But as the United States and other

24:54

allies continue to rally around

24:56

the Ukrainians, IT'S CLEAR THEY

24:58

AREN'T BACKING DOWN. Reporter:

24:59

IN THE

25:00

CAPITAL OF UCCRAINE, THE SOUND OF MISSIL

25:02

STRIKES AND AIR CYRENTS Russia

25:04

has launched one of its largest missile attacks yet in Ukraine.

25:07

Ukrainian tanks take up

25:09

position. Holding the line

25:12

in recaptured territory in eastern

25:14

Ukraine. Tension

25:16

between the US and Russia continued

25:19

to escalate this year because of

25:21

the war. And it came to a head when

25:23

Russia held a traveling USW

25:25

NBA star captive for

25:27

nine months. 6th Greiner is

25:29

detained in Russia for allegedly having

25:31

vape cartridges in her luggage at the

25:33

Moscow airport. We are hearing from Britney

25:35

Greiner for the first time since she was released

25:37

from a rush in prison as part of a

25:39

prisoner swap. In an Instagram post,

25:41

Greiner said it feels good to be

25:43

home. Now, Britney Greiner is

25:45

home free in the US.

25:48

And ready to hit the basketball court.

25:50

And on the soccer pitch,

25:52

Argentina clinched its first World

25:54

Cup win since nineteen eighty

25:57

six.

25:57

Consult of Montielle can win the world cup

25:59

for Argentina with this

26:01

kick. Yes.

26:07

Over in the

26:10

UK, twenty twenty two was a

26:12

year of political upheaval.

26:15

There was a revolving door of prime ministers.

26:17

It is clearly now

26:19

the will of the

26:22

parliamentary conservative party that

26:24

there should be a new leader of that

26:26

party and therefore a new prime

26:28

minister. I recognize

26:29

though given the situation

26:32

I cannot deliver the

26:35

mandate on which I was elected

26:37

by the Conservative Party. And

26:39

the death of the country's longest

26:42

reigning monarch York.

26:43

This is BBC News from London.

26:46

Buckingham Palace has announced the

26:48

death of her majesty, Queen

26:50

Elizabeth the second, In a statement,

26:52

the palace said the queen

26:55

died peacefully at

26:57

Balmoral this afternoon. BBC

26:59

television is special

27:02

program, reporting the death of

27:04

her majesty, the queen.

27:10

And speaking of the royals,

27:12

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the duke

27:14

and Duchess of Sussex, have made a

27:16

splash with their juicy Netflix

27:19

documentary series. The show has

27:21

become the streaming giant's biggest

27:23

documentary debut ever, and

27:25

it's definitely shading the

27:27

monarchy. No one

27:30

knows the full truth. We

27:32

know the full truth. Also

27:35

in the spotlight this year was

27:37

Elon Musk. Who bought, then

27:39

tried to unbuy, then

27:41

decided to formally purchase Twitter.

27:43

Who's The deal is

27:45

done. Twitter has been sold

27:47

to Elon Musk, fired

27:48

by the world's richest man.

27:51

Elon Musk announcing massive

27:53

layoffs overnight. Elon

27:54

Musk creating a firestorm of tweets over the

27:57

weekend, Musk, getting invited on stage

27:59

by comedian Dave Chappell, and

28:01

then booed by the crowd. the

28:03

Elon era of Twitter

28:05

over sooner than we thought?

28:08

Another big controversy

28:11

involved Taylor Swift and

28:13

Ticketmaster. We had fourteen million

28:15

people hit the site. No. Tell me

28:16

right now this is a joke. I literally

28:18

feel like I'm about to burst

28:20

into tears right now. The justice department

28:22

is opening an investigation

28:24

into Ticketmaster's parent company.

28:26

While

28:27

t swift is picking up her

28:30

guitar, Serena Williams is hanging

28:32

up her racket. The greatest

28:34

of all time retired from tennis

28:36

this year. Serena, this has

28:38

been your stage. This is

28:40

your moment. What would you like to say

28:42

to your family, your friends, and

28:44

all the millions of fans? That

28:46

are watching you around

28:48

the world. Oh my

28:51

god. Thank you so much. And

28:55

on the more low brow side

28:57

of things, we had the

29:00

spit. Did Harry Styles

29:02

just there in that moment spit

29:04

on his co

29:04

star, Chris Pine. The slap.

29:08

Oh, wow. Little swift and

29:10

smack the out of it.

29:11

And the rise of Nippo

29:14

babies. It's

29:14

like Nippo babies or nepotism babies are

29:16

all the rage at home with these days. This person who

29:18

has no familial connection to the

29:21

entertainment industry am fine with nepotism babies. Just

29:23

acknowledge it. Counted people you may not

29:25

know or Nevo babies. So always

29:27

remember, to roast your nepotism, baby. It's

29:29

important to keep them humble. Twenty

29:32

twenty

29:32

two was also the year we couldn't

29:34

stop playing Wirtle or

29:37

pickleball. I mean, well, what do you get you

29:39

give people six chances to guess a

29:41

five letter word, but you could only play once a

29:43

day, a viral sensation worth

29:46

low seven figures, millions of Americans

29:48

caught up in pickleball

29:51

mania. Anybody

29:53

can play about what's your age or, you

29:56

know, where you come from, or your skill set, or

29:58

your athletic background. And

30:00

we finally found our new favorite

30:03

drink. What's your drink of choice? Then they

30:05

groaning. Oh,

30:08

with Prasakarina. Oh, stood

30:10

in. Yeah. So cheers to

30:12

twenty twenty three. May we finally

30:14

get that beach vacation in Sicily

30:16

we've been waiting Whenever

30:18

I stay at a white lotus,

30:20

I always have a memorable time

30:23

always. Or

30:26

maybe not. Happy

30:29

holidays and see you next

30:31

year. Thanks for

30:34

listening to Skimm this. This

30:36

podcast was skimmed by me, Alex

30:38

Carr, along with our producer Will

30:40

Livingston and our associate

30:41

producer, Blake Lou Merwin. We

30:43

had additional help this week from Malaysia

30:46

Key. This episode was engineered by

30:48

Ellie McPhehan, and the Skin's of

30:50

audio is Graylynn Brashear. Skin

30:52

This will be back in your feet again the

30:54

first week of January.

30:56

Until then, check out the Skimm other

30:59

podcast. It's called nine to

31:01

five ish and it's where we talk all things career with our

31:03

founders Carly and Danielle. You

31:05

can find it wherever you're already

31:07

listening to us.