ball is but so electric here. the ball is going to drop at 12:00 thousands hundreds of thousands of crystals it is absolutely amazing. there you can see it right now, oh, my gosh crowd has been dancing we have expected a million people tonight. there's no such thing as covid or the pandemic. new york city is back ladies and gentlemen, i can tell you from here, it is amazing. back to you guys there in nashville, tennessee. ♪ ♪ all right emily thank you so much. so pete you were here earlier but i mention i was intimidated before rip walked out. absolutely let's keep ramping up intimidation factor because i think we have the most jack country music star in the business. [laughter] >> yeah. brantly gilbert is here. what's beginning on man. how are youing doing? >> great to see you. thanks for being here tonight? >> man i wouldn't be here anywhere else. i appreciate y'all having us.