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'60 Minutes' airs long-delayed 'Inside CECOT' segment after being pulled by Bari Weiss

CBS' "60 Minutes" finally aired its controversial segment on migrants deported to El Salvador's maximum-security prison, CECOT, Sunday night after being abruptly pulled off the air last month.

In a comment to Fox News Digital, a CBS spokesperson said, "CBS News leadership has always been committed to airing the 60 MINUTES CECOT piece as soon as it was ready."

"60 Minutes" previously delayed the segment hours before it was set to air in December after it was "determined it needed additional reporting" by editor-in-chief Bari Weiss. The segment, however, aired earlier on Canada's Global TV app where it quickly spread across social media.

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The segment largely featured the same beats from the original story, which featured correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi interviewing two Venezuelan men who were sent to the El Salvador prison last year.

However, the newly aired segment also featured additional material recorded by Alfonsi which, most notably, included previously unmentioned statements by the Trump administration.

"In a statement to 60 Minutes, the White House said, 'President Trump is committed to keeping his promises to the American people by removing dangerous criminal and terrorist illegal aliens….' The administration's statements are available in full online," Alfonsi said.

CBS DIDN'T INCLUDE WHITE HOUSE STATEMENT ABOUT ANGEL PARENTS IN CECOT SEGMENT ON '60 MINUTES'

The date of comments included in the segment from White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson and Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin were dated Dec. 18 and Dec. 19, respectively, days before the segment was originally set to air.

The original segment did not include comments from the Trump administration, which reportedly became one of the factors that led Weiss to pulling the piece.

Weiss defended what has been her most controversial decision in CBS leadership to staffers in comments later confirmed by Fox News Digital shortly after the delay, saying the story was "not ready."

'60 MINUTES' REPORTER LASHES OUT AT BARI WEISS AFTER SEGMENT ON EL SALVADOR PRISON YANKED AT LAST MINUTE

"I held a ‘60 Minutes’ story because it was not ready," Weiss said. "While the story presented powerful testimony of torture at CECOT, it did not advance the ball — the [New York] Times and other outlets have previously done similar work. The public knows that Venezuelans have been subjected to horrific treatment at this prison. To run a story on this subject two months later, we need to do more. And this is ‘60 Minutes.’ We need to be able to get the principals on the record and on camera. Our viewers come first. Not the listing schedule or anything else. That’s my north star and I hope it’s yours, too." 

Fox News Digital reached out to CBS News for additional comment.

Iranian regime elites allegedly move millions of dollars out of country amid sanctions

Members of Iran’s ruling elite are said to have moved "tens of millions of dollars" out of the country as the U.S. imposed fresh sanctions over the regime’s violent protest crackdown, according to reports.

The regime's "capital flight" came as the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control announced on Jan. 15 in a release that it was taking "action against the shadow banking networks that allow Iran’s elite to steal and launder revenue generated by the country’s natural resources."

"There are several reports, some of which are yet to be confirmed, about capital flight in various forms from the Islamic Republic," Behnam Ben Taleblu, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told Fox News Digital.

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If confirmed, Ben Taleblu said, the suspected exodus of money underscores the need for U.S. authorities to track and "freeze and seize" assets tied to sanctioned figures.

"If capital flight has taken place, then these are accounts that the U.S. government should be looking to monitor, block, freeze and seize," he said.

"At the direction of President Trump, the Treasury Department is sanctioning key Iranian leaders involved in the brutal crackdown against the Iranian people. Treasury will use every tool to target those behind the regime’s tyrannical oppression of human rights," Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent also said in a statement on Jan. 15.

Bessent went on to reveal in an interview how his department had tracked the wiring of "tens of millions of dollars" out of Iran by leaders.

"We are now seeing the rats fleeing the ship, because we can see millions, tens of millions of dollars being wired out of the country, snuck out of the country by the Iranian leadership," Bessent added.

FREED IRANIAN PRISONER SAYS ‘IN TRUMP, THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC HAS MET ITS MATCH’

"So they are abandoning ship, and we are seeing it come into banks and financial institutions all over the world," he added.

Iranian figures were said to be moving large sums abroad, with Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei allegedly transferring roughly $328 million overseas as part of an estimated $1.5 billion shift in recent days, Channel 14 reported.

"There were also some reports on social media about large volumes of Bitcoin being transferred, or other kinds of financial assets. I haven’t been able to independently confirm that, but it is something that’s being discussed," Ben Taleblu added.

"The fact that the Treasury Department is looking at this tells you quite seriously that Washington is also trying to link its foreign economic policy with its national security policy," he said.

Ben Taleblu also claimed Iran’s shadow banking system has been deeply embedded in global finance, with billions of dollars routed through jurisdictions "including the United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong and Singapore."

KEANE WARNS IRAN'S LEADERSHIP TO TAKE TRUMP 'AT HIS WORD' AS MILITARY ASSETS MOVE INTO REGION

"In the past, Washington has tracked the regime’s shadow banking activities, which, unfortunately, even include trade and money laundering through friendlier, more Western-leaning jurisdictions," Ben Taleblu explained.

"In fact, the Treasury Department identified almost $9 billion of Iranian shadow banking activity that touched U.S. correspondent accounts throughout 2024," he said.

Ben Taleblu added that the economic pressure campaign places renewed attention on President Donald Trump’s next move.

"All eyes right now are on President Trump to see if he takes a page from the Reagan playbook, the Obama playbook, or something else entirely," Ben Taleblu said.

"The million-dollar question is whether there will be something kinetic, especially after the most violent crackdown against protesters in the Islamic Republic’s history."

"Economic sanctions are helpful and necessary," he added, "but they are nowhere near sufficient to level the playing field between the street and the state."

Deadly high-speed train derailment kills 21, injures 100 more in Spain: report

At least 21 people were killed and dozens more were injured after a high-speed train derailed and struck another train in southern Spain on Sunday evening, according to reports.

The crash happened at around 6:40 p.m. local time near the town of Adamuz in Córdoba province, when the initial derailment forced a second train off the tracks. Roughly 100 people were injured, including 25 with serious injuries, Reuters reported, citing police sources and local media.

One of the train drivers was among those killed, according to Reuters.

Spain’s rail infrastructure operator, Adif, said the Iryo 6189 Malaga-to-Madrid train derailed and crashed onto an adjacent track, causing a second train traveling from Madrid to Huelva to also derail. 

MULTIPLE PEOPLE KILLED AFTER CONSTRUCTION CRANE FALLS, DERAILS TRAIN IN THAILAND

The crash happened about 10 minutes after the Iryo train departed Córdoba. 

The Iryo train was identified as a Freccia 1000 train carrying more than 300 passengers, while the other train was operated by Renfe and had approximately 100 people on board, Reuters reported.

One woman, who said she was a passenger on the Iryo train, described chaotic scenes during the derailment.

US CITIZENS INJURED IN PERU TRAIN COLLISION NEAR WORLD-FAMOUS MACHU PICCHU TOURIST DESTINATION

"Ten minutes after departing, the train started to shake a lot, and it derailed from coach 6 behind us. The lights went out," she wrote on X.

Videos posted on social media showed emergency responders assisting people as they climbed out through train windows.

Rail services between Madrid and Andalusia were subsequently suspended, according to Reuters.

TRAIN CRASH WITH 800 PASSENGERS AT RISK LIKELY CAUSED BY HUMAN ERROR

The deadly derailment comes just days after a separate rail disaster in Thailand, where at least 22 people were killed when a construction crane collapsed onto a moving passenger train, causing it to derail and catch fire.

Fox News Digital's Michael Sinkewicz contributed to this report.

Anti-ICE mob storms Minnesota church over pastor's alleged ties to immigration enforcement

A mob of anti-ICE agitators stormed a church Sunday in St. Paul, Minnesota, interrupting a worship service after protesters claimed a pastor inside was affiliated with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Video shows agitators chanting "Justice for Renee Good" inside the sanctuary at Cities Church as the service began, raising concerns among law enforcement and religious leaders about protesters targeting houses of worship amid escalating anti-ICE demonstrations across the Twin Cities.

In one video circulating online, agitators can be heard chanting, "Justice for Renee Good," and "Who needs justice, we need justice," as they stood inside the church during the service.

In another clip, the person filming says demonstrators positioned themselves in the middle of the sanctuary as the pastor was speaking. The person filming then described the disruption as a "clandestine mission" and claimed agitators had just learned one of the pastors at the church was connected to ICE.

FEDERAL JUDGE RESTRICTS ICE AGENTS AMID ONGOING MINNEAPOLIS AREA PROTESTS

Cities Church lists eight pastors of varying roles, including David Easterwood, who shares the same name as the acting director of ICE’s St. Paul field office.

Fox News Digital has reached out to ICE to verify whether the two individuals are the same person.

ICE shared one of the videos of the protest inside the church that circulated widely on social media Sunday.

TRUMP ACCUSES TIM WALZ AND ILHAN OMAR OF USING ICE PROTESTS TO DISTRACT FROM MASSIVE STATE FRAUD

"Agitators aren’t just targeting our officers. Now they’re targeting churches, too," DHS said in the post. "They're going from hotel to hotel, church to church, hunting for federal law enforcement who are risking their lives to protect Americans."

DHS then called out Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, saying they are responsible for "whipping these mobs into a frenzy and then allowing them to run rampant."

"We won’t be deterred," DHS said. "ICE isn’t going anywhere."

MINNESOTA NATIONAL GUARD PLACED ON STANDBY TO SUPPORT LAW ENFORCEMENT AS PROTESTS TURN VIOLENT

The Department of Justice has opened an investigation into the church protest to determine whether civil rights laws were violated.

"The @CivilRights is investigating the potential violations of the federal FACE Act by these people desecrating a house of worship and interfering with Christian worshippers," Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, said.

Frey has defended the protests, pushing back on federal officials who have described the demonstrations as dangerous or lawless and rejecting claims that state and local leaders are responsible for fueling unrest.

Appearing on CBS’ Face the Nation on Sunday, Frey rejected the Trump administration’s characterization of the immigration crackdown in Minnesota, arguing the surge of federal agents has made residents feel targeted rather than protected.

"This is not about safety. What this is about is coming into our city by the thousands and terrorizing people simply because they're Latino or Somali," Frey said. "People in Minneapolis are speaking up. They're speaking up peacefully. They're standing up for their neighbors. And this is not just about resisting Trump. This is about loving and caring for the people that call this city home. And it's been inspiring."

Cheapest days to visit Disney: Here's what you need to know before booking your trip

Choosing the right dates can help travelers find the cheapest days to visit Walt Disney World in 2026.

Pricing and crowd analysis from Undercover Tourist, a travel-planning website that tracks Disney ticket costs, shows that prices fluctuate significantly depending on demand.

Ticket prices are generally lowest during less crowded times of the year and rise during major holidays, school breaks and special events.

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Busier periods typically include spring break in March and early April, Easter, the summer vacation months, Thanksgiving week and the late-December holiday period.

Prices also tend to increase around long holiday weekends and popular events such as runDisney race weekends, the site noted.

Here are some of the cheapest days to visit Walt Disney World in 2026, based on the site’s pricing data:

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Late August and September are among the cheapest times to visit, as many children return to school and crowd levels drop. September's crowd levels are generally the lowest, according to Undercover Tourist.

Prices also vary by park, with Magic Kingdom typically costing more than EPCOT, Animal Kingdom and Hollywood Studios.

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"Fall in Orlando can still be pretty warm, and August and September make up the tail end of Orlando’s rainy season. Be sure to check the weather before you visit," Undercover Tourist stated.

Travelers planning trips during lower-priced periods may also want to review what attractions, entertainment and park hours are available on their chosen dates.

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Undercover Tourist noted that lighter crowd periods can sometimes coincide with shorter park hours or scheduled ride refurbishments.

Travelers can also check Disney World’s special offers page for current deals or discounts that may apply to their travel dates.

Fox News Digital reached out to Walt Disney World for comment.

Cardi B goes after ESPN stars who picked Patriots to lose to Texans: 'They didn't believe in us'

Cardi B is talking the talk as the New England Patriots walk the walk.

The hip-hop star and girlfriend of Patriots star wide receiver Stefon Diggs came after the ESPN panelists who predicted the Houston Texans would advance to the AFC Championship. Mina Kimes, Ryan Clark, Hannah Storm, Dan Orlovsky and Marcus Spears each chose the Texans.

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However, multiple turnovers and clutch plays from Diggs and Kayshon Boutte helped the Patriots to the win.

"THEY DIDN’T BELIEVE IN US !!! I LIKE US!!!!! WE ALL WE GOT!!!!! WE ALL WE NEED !!!!" Cardi B wrote on X.

"What are you talking about? Nothing!" she added in the video that accompanied the social media post.

PATRIOTS RETURN TO AFC CHAMPIONSHIP AFTER FORCING 5 TEXANS TURNOVERS IN HEAVY WINTRY MIX

Cardi B confirmed that she was dating Diggs in September and has been spotted at Gillette Stadium several times with other girlfriends and wives of Patriots players and team owner Robert Kraft. She had Diggs’ child in November.

New England won the game, 28-16. The Texans turned the ball over five times, including one that led to a pick six from Marcus Jones.

Diggs had four catches for 40 yards and a touchdown. Boutte had three catches for 75 yards and made an incredible one-handed touchdown grab that proved to be the knockout blow in the fourth quarter.

The Patriots are one win away from being back in the Super Bowl. The AFC Championship will be their first appearance in the post-Bill Belichick and Tom Brady eras.

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Russia plots major strike on Europe's largest nuclear plant power lines: source

Russia is preparing to target Europe's biggest nuclear power plant's power lines in a move that could unfold within days, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Ukrainian officials had said Moscow's plan was focused on high-voltage transmission infrastructure rather than direct strikes on nuclear reactors, but a source has since claimed the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant lines (ZNPP) are Moscow’s focus.

In a statement released Jan. 17, the Main Directorate of Intelligence of Ukraine’s Defense Ministry (HUR) had warned that Russia was weighing attacks on substations critical to nuclear power generation.

"In order to force Ukraine to sign unacceptable surrender demands to end the war, the aggressor state Russia is considering the option of attacking strategic facilities of our state's energy system — we are talking about electricity transmission substations that ensure the operation of Ukrainian nuclear power plants."

US ACCUSES RUSSIA OF 'DANGEROUS AND INEXPLICABLE ESCALATION' IN UKRAINE WAR DURING PEACE NEGOTIATIONS

"The threat is at ZNPP," a source told Fox News Digital. "There are talks of a massive attack either tonight or in the coming nights," the source said on condition of anonymity, adding that "the talks within the Ukrainian government are about ZNPP and the lines, and these talks have not been for the first time."

According to The Associated Press, Russia also targeted energy infrastructure in Odesa region overnight Sunday, according to Ukraine’s Emergency Service.

ZNPP is located in southern Ukraine and consists of six VVER-1000 pressurized water reactors, and has been under Russian occupation since March 2022, according to reports.

Although the reactors are no longer producing electricity, the plant needs external power to maintain cooling and safety systems. 

The IAEA has repeatedly warned that disruptions to off-site power supplies and lines pose a serious nuclear safety risk.

A Jan. 16 localized ceasefire was agreed between Russia and Ukraine for repairs under IAEA coordination on one backup power line at ZNPP that had already been damaged.

In a statement, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said Jan. 16: "The IAEA continues to work closely with both sides to ensure nuclear safety at the ZNPP and to prevent a nuclear accident during the conflict. This temporary ceasefire, the fourth we have negotiated, demonstrates the indispensable role that we continue to play."

"A deterioration of Ukraine’s power grid from persistent military activity has direct implications on the nuclear safety of its nuclear facilities," Grossi said.

"Russia is said to be going to do this strike, maybe even tonight," the source said of the ZNPP operation.

RUSSIA FIRES NEW BALLISTIC MISSILE AT UKRAINE, KILLING AT LEAST FOUR

"Information also from the Ukrainian Parliament and Ukrainian Security Service, or internally, is that the Russian army told the Ukrainian army that if they don't stop shelling their tankers in the sea or shelling their oil refineries, as well as their electric stations like power stations," the source said, "then they will fully destroy Kyiv energy facilities aswell."

"The parliament knows this. But we keep shelling," the source added.

"This is a very difficult situation," the source continued, saying Ukrainian leadership, the Ukrainian parliament and "obviously the office of the president" are fully aware that "if we keep shelling Russian tankers and oil refineries, then they will destroy everything that we have."

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also recently urged NATO allies to urgently deliver additional air-defense missiles, warning that some systems are running low on ammunition, according to reports.

"To actually preserve the energy in the country when it is minus 20 outside and people are literally suffering hugely," the source added. "People don't have electricity, don't have warmth and some don't even have water."

"And this is a very controversial situation," the source said, "particularly for the Ukrainian people sitting inside, hungry and freezing, and overall being in this disastrous humanitarian situation."

Fox News Digital has reached out to President Zelenskyy's office for comment.

Greenland needs US for defense because 'Europeans project weakness,' US Treasury Secretary argues

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. needs to protect Greenland because Europe projects "weakness" in defense of the president's renewed calls to acquire the country.

Bessent was asked by Kristen Welker on NBC's "Meet the Press" Sunday whether President Donald Trump is serious about his effort to take over the Danish territory or whether his remarks were being used as leverage in negotiations with other European nations.

Bessent told Welker that presidents have considered acquiring Greenland for "over a century" and that Trump is focused on future threats from countries such as Russia in the Arctic region.

TRUMP HAS NOT YET ‘SHOWN HIS HAND’ ON GREENLAND AS TARIFFS RAISE THE STAKES, FOREIGN POLICY EXPERT SAYS

"[D]own the road, this fight for the Arctic is real," Bessent said. "We would keep our NATO guarantees. And if there were an attack on Greenland from Russia, from some other area, we would get dragged in."

He added, "So better now, peace through strength, make it part of the United States, and there will not be a conflict because the United States right now, we are the hottest country in the world. We are the strongest country in the world. Europeans project weakness. U.S. projects strength."

"But just very quickly, is this a negotiating tactic, Mr. Secretary?" Welker said. "Is the goal to get a deal to have enhanced security in Greenland, for example?"

DENMARK'S FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS TRUMP HAS A POINT ON CHINA AND RUSSIA'S THREAT TO GREENLAND

"The president believes that enhanced security is not possible without Greenland being part of the U.S," Bessent answered.

Trump has also said Greenland is vital to U.S. national security because of its vast mineral resources.

On Saturday, Trump announced new tariffs on several European countries unless a deal is reached for the island’s purchase by the U.S.

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Protests led by Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen erupted the same day in opposition to Trump's bid, with protesters reportedly shouting that Greenland was "not for sale."

Greenland is a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark with a population of about 57,000.

'The Lion King' co-director Roger Allers dead at 76

Roger Allers, the filmmaker and animator best known for co-directing the 1994 Disney classic "The Lion King," and writing the Tony Award-winning Broadway adaption of the movie, has died, according to a Disney Animation spokesperson via The Hollywood Reporter. He was 76. 

Disney CEO Bob Iger paid tribute to Allers in an Instagram post, writing in the caption, "I was sad to learn of Roger Allers’ passing. He co-directed 1994’s "The Lion King" among many other important contributions to Disney that will live on for generations to come."

Iger also shared a statement which read, "Roger Allers was a creative visionary whose many contributions to Disney will live on for generations to come. He understood the power of great storytelling — how unforgettable characters, emotion, and music can come together to create something timeless." 

"His work helped define an era of animation that continues to inspire audiences around the world, and we are deeply grateful for everything he gave to Disney," Iger added. "Our hearts are with his family, friends, and collaborators."

The Animation magazine also confirmed his death via a Disney spokesperson, citing a "short illness," and noting that he passed away at his Santa Monica home.

Fox News Digital reached out to Disney Animation and his legal representation.

Film producer and animator David Bossert, who frequently collaborated with Allers, announced his death in a Facebook post Saturday. 

"I am deeply saddened by the news that our friend Roger Allers has passed on to his next journey," Bossert wrote. "We were just trading emails this past week while he was traveling in Egypt, which makes this loss feel all the more unreal. Roger was an extraordinarily gifted artist and filmmaker, a true pillar of the Disney Animation renaissance."

Bossert recalled that Allers started at Disney developing pre-production concepts for the 1982 science fiction action-adventure film "Tron" and worked as a storyboard artist for the animated films, 1988's "Oliver & Company and 1989's "The Little Mermaid" before becoming head of story on 1991's "Beauty and the Beast."

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"I had the privilege of being part of the crew with Roger on many films in the late ’80s and throughout the ’90s and he was, without question, one of the kindest people you could hope to know and work alongside," Bossert wrote.

"He went on to co-direct ‘The Lion King,’ a phenomenal success, yet it never went to his head," he continued. "Roger treated everyone with genuine kindness and respect, regardless of title or position. I worked very closely with him on ‘The Little Matchgirl' and it was nothing short of a joy — he carried a sense of wonder, generosity, and enthusiasm that lifted everyone around him."

"Roger had a joyful, luminous spirit, and the world is dimmer without him," Bossert added. "Rest in peace, my friend. Until we meet again on the other side."

Born June 29, 1949 in Rye, New York and raised in Scottsdale, Arizona, Allers went on to earn a fine arts degree from Arizona State University. In 1978, Allers moved to Los Angeles where he worked on the 1980 animated TV film "Animalympics" alongside Steven Lisberger, who later directed "Tron."

After working on animated projects in Toronto, Canada and Tokyo, Japan, Allers returned to LA in 1985 and launched his career at Walt Disney Animation Studios. In addition to his work on "Oliver & Company," "The Little Mermaid" and "Beauty and the Beast," Allers was part of the storyboard teams for the 1990 Disney films "The Rescuers Down Under" and "The Prince and The Pauper."

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He went on to team up with Rob Minkoff to co-direct "The Lion King," which was released in June 1994 and became a massive critical and commercial success. "The Lion King," which remains the highest-grossing traditionally animated film of all time, earned Allers and Minkoff the Golden Globe Award for best motion picture — musical or comedy in 1996.

The movie also received two Academy Awards for best original score and best original song. Allers then collaborated with "The Lion King" co-screenwriter Irene Mecchi on the book for "The Lion King" Broadway musical.

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Allers and Mecchi received a Tony Award nomination for best book of a musical with the production earning 10 additional Tony Award nods, winning six including best musical. 

He continued his Disney career working on the animated films "The Emperor’s New Groove" (2000) and "Lilo & Stitch" (2002)and directed the animated short "The Little Matchgirl" (2006). Alongside Jill Culton, Allers co-directed Sony Pictures Animation's "Open Season" (2006).

Allers also wrote and directed the 2014 animated movie "The Prophet, based on Kahlil Gibran's 1923 book of the same name. 

He is survived by ex-wife Leslee Hackenson and their daughter Leah and son Aidan.

Bears' national anthem singer sends NFL fans into frenzy with performance before playoff game

Jim Cornelison helped give the NFC Divisional Round matchup between the Chicago Bears and Los Angeles Rams a big game feel with his rendition of the U.S. national anthem on Sunday.

Cornelison belted out "The Star-Spangled Banner" in front of a sold-out Soldier Field crowd. NFL fans and the players joined in and sang the anthem with Cornelison.

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NFL fans who tuned into the game on social media praised Cornelison for his performance.

It’s not the first time that Cornelison left a mark on NFL fans this season. He received a round of applause back in September when he performed the anthem before the Bears took on the Minnesota Vikings. It was the first "Monday Night Football" game of the season.

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The 61-year-old is a regular at Chicago sporting events. He’s been the Bears’ national anthem singer since 2010. He hits the ice for Chicago Blackhawks games since 2008 and has sung "Back Home Again in Indiana" before the Indianapolis 500 since 2017.

Cornelison is just as popular outside of sports. He was a part of the Lyric Opera Center for American Artists in Chicago and sang at some of the most popular opera houses around the world.

He’s also on the board of the Illinois Patriot Education Fund and the honorary squad commander of the U.S. Air Force Band of Mid-America.

The winner of the Bears-Rams game will get a berth into the NFC Championship Game next weekend.

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