"I've never, in 26 years of forecasting, ever, seen anything like this," said Chad Myers, weather anchor and severe weather expert, while reporting on Superstorm Sandy.

Myers, along with CNN's Jason Carroll, Ed Lavandera, David Mattingly, Frederik Pleitgen, and John Zarrella, report for a new CNN documentary this weekend investigating the factors that made the impact of superstorm Sandy so devastating.  The documentary also offers insights from researchers and scientists on climate change, potential solutions to limiting the impact of future storms on critical infrastructure like power grids, and the potential impact of reductions in the funding of satellite systems that aid meteorological storm predictions.

CNN Presents: The Coming Storms debuts Sunday, Jan. 6 at 8:00pm and 11:00pm ET&PT on CNN/U.S.

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In an exclusive interview with CNN's Pedro Pinto Friday, AC Milan star Kevin-Prince Boateng defends his decision to walk off the pitch after being racially abused during Thursday's friendly game with Pro Patria.

"I don't care if it's a friendly game, or the Serie A, or a Champions League game, if these things were to ever happen to me again I would walk off the pitch," says Boateng.

HIGHLIGHTS:

Boateng on his decision to walk off the pitch
"I'm 25 years old and I don't want to see this bullshit anymore. For myself no one could convince me to play anymore, I said straight I'm not going to go on this pitch anymore. They can't convince me to play in a crown or in a place like this. I made my mind up straight."

Boateng on his immediate reaction to racist abuse
"I was angry, I was sad, I was disappointed and this all came together and I just decided I'm not going to play anymore. I don't want to play in front of a crowd who are doing things like this or in a place like this."

Boateng on his advice to other players facing racist abuse
"I would say to everybody that if you feel you don't want to play, and if you feel you don't want to play in this moment anymore because it's not nice and to the point that they are angry, then definitely I would tell them to walk off the pitch."

Boateng on Clarence Seedorf , who said he should not have walked off the pitch:
"First of all I have to respect his opinion. But personally I think his opinion is wrong. Because I think every single person who does something like this deserves to see our attention to say you should go out, you should not be in this place. They should have 100% of our attention every single time. Because that is the only way we can keep them away from the sports. And I think just his opinion is wrong."

World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos

John Defterios reporting from Davos.

Monday 21 January – Friday 25 January – Coverage throughout the day

The global economy will be debated, dissected and deliberated upon once again in the Swiss ski resort of Davos, with a focus this year on global health issues. Business leaders, government policy makers and financiers will meet under the theme of "Resilient Dynamism” at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting.

What are the best hopes for Davos 2013?  Who will be the major players at the event, and what are their remits?  What will business want to see from government and what will governments hope to see in return?

From the heart of Davos itself, CNN provides daily live coverage led by CNN’s leading business anchors, Richard Quest, John Defterios and Ali Velshi.

They will be joined by Fareed Zakaria, Editor-at-Large of TIME Magazine and host of CNN’s ‘Fareed Zakaria GPS', plus CNN Money anchor and business correspondent, Poppy Harlow, as well as CNN Espanol anchor, Gabriela Frias.

At such a crucial period for the global economy, and with most key business leaders in the world gathered in one place, CNN has unique access to those making decisions, and will ask vital questions about the year ahead, the challenges that global instability brings, and examine the tactics that could be employed to tackle the crisis. FULL POST

“Bowles said on CNN's "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer" that he is not interested in an appointment as Treasury Secretary. Secretary Tim Geithner has indicated he will step down in the near future, and it is thought that White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew is his most likely successor.” Read Full Story: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/01/03/bowles-end-the-fiscal-brinksmanship/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

A full transcript of the interview is posted on http://archives.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/sitroom.html

CNN RATINGS HIGHLIGHTS:

Fourth Quarter 2012

• CNN HAD ITS BEST QUARTERLY PRIME TIME DELIVERY SINCE Q1 ‘09 (Obama Inauguration)
  • In both M-F and M-Su Prime, CNN registered it best total viewer delivery since Q3-09 and its best in the demo since Q1-09

• CNN HAD ITS BEST QUARTERLY TOTAL DAY DELIVERY SINCE Q1 ’11 (Japanese Tsunami);
  • In total day, Q4-12 is the network’s best since Q1-11 among both total viewers and in demo 25-54.

• CNN had significant growth compared to year ago (4Q 2011); up double digits in total day and in primetime versus last year;

• Erin Burnett Outfront registered its best quarterly deliveries since launch (Q4-11) among both total viewers and key demo 25-54;

•  AC 360 at 8 pm is the highest rated show on the network in the key demo 25-54 (229k); AC 360 at 8p posted its best delivery in both demos since taking over the 8p hour (Q3-11), giving the network its best performance in the hour since Q3-09 among total viewers and Q1-09 among 25-54;

• Piers Morgan Tonight at 9 pm is the highest rated show on the network among total viewers (717k); Piers Morgan Tonight experienced its best total viewer delivery since its launch quarter of Q1-11 and its best in the demo since Q3-11. FULL POST

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett (R) makes his case to Starting Point as to why he’s suing the NCAA over Penn State sanctions months after his office came out with a statement in July that accepted the penalties as the right course of action.

Gov. Corbett says, “I held off. I didn’t want to interfere with the momentum that the team had. Coach O’Brien had done a great job with the team. The final decision to go forward wasn’t made until October. The lawsuit then was drafted; we went through many variations. And at the end of the season was when I made my decision that we would announce it.”

CNN Anchor John Berman says, “You put football first…. If the case was so important, why not bring it up when you’re ready to bring it up. You put football first, which is one of the criticisms of Penn State all along.”

Corbett responds, “This is going to be a very long case and the start of that case can easily wait until after the end of the football season, which we did.”

Starting Point with Soledad O’Brien airs weekday mornings from 7-9am ET on CNN.

Rep. Peter King (R-NY) tells Starting Point that although he disagreed with Speaker John Boehner for not holding the vote on Hurricane Sandy relief Tuesday night, they are getting results. Later in the interview, he criticizes and disagrees with Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) for saying that there is pork in the bill.

Rep. King says, “With all due respect, Darrell Issa is 1,000 percent wrong. There is absolutely no pork in the bill. There were some items that were added in the Senate, involving Alaska for one, which is about less than one percent of the bill…. Every one of those items was removed from the House bill. And I wish Darrell Issa had learned that and looked into that before he went public and said that my constituents should not get their homes rebuilt….”

Starting Point with Soledad O’Brien airs weekday mornings from 7-9am ET on CNN.

Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) criticizes Speaker John Boehner for not bringing a Hurricane Sandy relief bill up for a vote on Tuesday because he thinks Boehner wanted to avoid too much spending at one time, opting for a more “obscure” piecemeal plan of lesser payments.

Rep. Pallone says, “I really think that the speaker doesn't care about New York and New Jersey. In other words, we're blue states. The fact of the matter is that he was afraid to bring this up yesterday, in my opinion, because the Tea Party and the right wing did not want to vote for the spending bill for New York or primarily for New York and New Jersey.”

Early Start with John Berman & Zoraida Sambolin airs weekday mornings from 5-7am ET on CNN.