We are not expecting to see much at all today. Thankfully. So a break. 53 degrees by lunchtime. Partly clear skies. Coming up in my full forecast, what you can expect for the first week of the year. Holly here is your ontime traffic report. Jay no accidents to report in asheville or buncombe county, Henderson County, or Haywood County. Holly here is a look at the drive times this morning, i40 east from Haywood County to buncombe county, running you about 9 minutes. I240 west to glen falls road is about 7 minutes. Jay drivers taking i26 from hendersonville to asheville have a 17 minute drive time right now. Holly if you plan to ring in the new year away from home, state troopers want you to stay safe on the road. Jay Lauren Brigman is live along inside our mobile track unit. And, lauren, troopers say planning ahead is key . Lauren definitely. They want you to make arrangements before you g g out tonight to prevent trouble on the road. So, have a designated driver. Plan to call a cab or even get a and thats some of your options. The message from troopers is do not get behind the wheel if you have been drinking. You can expect check points to be set up tonight to get impaired drivers off the roadsds and troopers remind everyone that your bloodalcohol level should not be above 0. 08 if you are above the legal limit it can mean big consequences. Impaired driving is drunk driving, so if you feel buzzed and are out call a cab or a Family Member or have a designated driver. Lauren some of the possible penalties you can face for a dwi conviction include jail time, you can lose your license or get points on your license. You can see some big fines as a result of that conviction. Even lose your job. Insurance costs to pay for that and then lawyer fees as well. So, those are some of the penalties if you are convicted of a dwi. Coming up at 6 30, i will share some ways, additional ways you can get yourself from the bar reporting live in downtown asheville, Lauren Brigman, news 13. Holly the count down to new years eve is on, over 1,000,000 people are expected in times square. There is an unprecedented effort to keep them safe. Jay new threats overseas are changing plans in europe. Meghan hughes explalas how Law Enforcement is stepping up security. Reporter in paris, the holiday street party will go on as planned but the fireworks display has been called off. Officials stressing the need for individual lens in the wake of novembers attack which left 130 dead. I was in paris the week after it happened and the thing is you cant let people like that dictate your lifestyle and your choices. Reporter this tourist is now in brussels, the mayor there also called off a firework display. Brussels authorities arrested two men in this week in connection with a suspected holiday plot. Recent threats overseas wont halt celebrations here at home. We are not aware of any threatsshat the time that we deem credible. Reporter an estimated pack into about 20 blocks in an around times square. The nypd is deploying 6,000 heavily armed officers there. More than ever before to protect the revelers. Its only so much they can do. Its a lot of people. Im kind of to the point where i really dont feel safe anywhere. Reporter pasadena is prepppg for the rose parade. Federal officials designated it a top tier secure event even before the San Bernardino attack. More than 2 dozen agencies are joining local police to protect the 7,000 people expected to attend. The vegas strip also on high alert with more than 300,000 people expected on the street. Police from coasttocoast sharing a similar message. People should feel safe this new years eve because were there. Reporter the new york city mayor is touting a new secret weapon, a new task force, 100 officers working fulltime on counter terrorism. Abc new, meghan hugh, washington. Holly it can cost over polk county after a mudslide. It covered White Oak Mountain road and there was a smaller midslide on the saluda grade on i26. The county may maintenance engineer said they are documenting damage to apply for federal funds to help pay for repairs. Jay the upstate was also hit by flooding. Here is a look at east Warehouse Court in greenville county. About half a foot of water covered a heavily traveled section of the road. Drivers are warned to avoid flooded roads. Even if the road is still open. Holly in this mornings news reel, a grandmother accused of drowning her grandson is expected in court today. Jay Authorities Say the lifornia grandmother admitted she did it intentionally. Dawn rings hughes was arrested tuesday after Police Received a call that a child had drowned. Police were suspicious of the circumstances and took in the 51 yearold. One neighbor who did not want to be identified described what she saw and heard. I heard her say somethings like someone died. I peeked out my door and were looking and i just saw cop cars came and the ambulance came. It was scary. Jay two other children in the home were taken into protective custody. Holly computer glitches can be a pain stieption. One man in virginia is accused of threatening a technician if he didnt fix the problem. The man who happened to be a lawyer became frustrated with the technician saying he was only making the problem worse. The technician called Arlington Police and said the man would not let him leave, had a gun and was threatening his life. Something the mans wife said didnt happen. Fabricating everything. Its like he felt insulted and he decided to get back at us. Holly the computer owner is now facing abduction charges. Jay fire crews in phoenix are trying to figure out how to a teen got stuck in a chimney. Last night, they found the 13 yearold boy wedged inside. Crews reportedly lowered a rope to the boy and asked him to wrap they were able to pull him out. The teen is expected to be okay. Holly new this morning, federal Aviation Administration is investigating what caused a plane to divert from its original court. The airplane was headed to maine but diverted yesterday to warwick, rhode island. The passengers said they smelled smoke. The 120 pears on board were not hurt. They were booked into hotels for the night before flying out this morning on are placement aircraft. Air canada is having problems. 21 passengers are recovering from nonlifethreatening injuries after turbulence. Yesterday the flight from shanghai to toronto was diverted to alberta canada. One passenger described what happened. Suddenly the flight was just going down and everything really scary. Holly air canada says 332 passengers and 19 crew members were on board. Campaign trail, ted cruzs campaign expected to end on a high note today as the Fourth Quarter comes to an end. Fund raising totals are expected to be near 20 million. Cruz took second place in a recent cnn o. R. C. National poll with 18 support among republicans behind Donald Trumps 39 . Texas senate nor is the first candidate to announce Fourth Quarter fund raising totals. Donald trump, the front runner for the republican nomination for president , is calling his opponent an enemy. It came at a rally in South Carolina yesterday. He took jabs at Hillary Clinton and president obama. Trump even boasted about the first ads of his campaign saying he will spend millions a week in advertising beginning next month. Jay president obama will visit germany in april. The white house says he will meet with german chancellor angela merkel. The negotiations are aimed at reducing barriers to trade and investment and will provide economic gains. This is the president s fifth trip to germany. Win give away, you have a chance to win an asheville independent passport. Jay it typically sells for 60 ads up to 750 in savings. Its good at dozens of asheville restaurants. Go to facebook. Com news 13 to enter. Holly we will announce the winner just before 7 oclock this morning. Jay parts of the u. S. Are still dealing with flooding. Holly we will show you the video of the house floating down the street. Ingrid its a live forecast at the harrys on the hill bus stop forecast, 50s by drop off for the kids that are in school. A dry pattern coming up after the break. I will share that with you and your new years eve forecast and long it will stick around. French broad at blantyre but no rain right now in Western North carolina. The only issues is it looks like around clemson, south of clemson seeing the light rain and heavier rain bands. Now moving north of piedmont. So thats south of greenville. So, just keep that in mind if you live in the region, heading on u. S. Highway 276, near simpsonville you should start seeing rain, too. Its lighttomoderate rain. Not having a huge threat over our head like we had all morning yesterday at the flash Flood Warnings, much calmer conditions. But, the river is still pretty high. It dropped a little bit over the last hour. Its still though, flood stage so, we dont continue to drop, by saturday things look a lot better. Almanac today and for the year, this is, of course, the last day of the year. We have picked up a lot of rain, almost 55 plus in many locations. So, almanac today for our temperatures showing a warmest december on record. Thats right. Thats how warm it has been. Its not your imagination. We have been unseasonably comfortable. 52 in asheville and 60 in asheville. Upper 50s in forest city, 59 down into greenville. Visibility looks good in asheville. Not the same case in greer at 7. 9 in anderson. 7 in forest city and dropping down to 3 right now into morganton. The winds picked up overnight at 15 in asheville, and 6 down into greenville. This is the system that brought all the rain yesterday. We have so much rain, we have the Flooding Issues throughout much of the day, even into the evening hours, but things have really calmed down. Now this is leaving us a few showers, down to the upstate as we look forward in time through lunchtime, seeing partly clear skies and sunshine, even by 2 p. M. And tonight for new years eve we will see clouds filter back in but we will stay dry and we will stay fairly cloudy for friday, but no more rain in the forecast. So, partly clear, 58 degrees in asheville for a high temperature. And winds should stay out of the north and north west 69 miles per hour. Big night, new years eve, 39 degrees expected. Around midnight, it should still be in the low 40s but overall it will be cooler so, if you are heading out you will probably need a light jacket at best. Slightest chance for rain in greenville today and tonight we will see the clouds, but cooler overall in the 40s. Happy new year everyone. Thats tomorrow. 48 degrees. Still 40s for the weekend. So its going to be noticeably chillier with sunshine. Overnight lows will be back to below freezing in the 20s. Notice the next seven days, a zero chance for rain. I think a lot of folks are happy about that. Few days for water to recede in missouri. Holly according to official, water covered the road as workers redirect traffic. A house was even swept away in the waters. And it crashed into a bridge. Jay hmm. Holly look at that. Jay looks like what we saw here earlier this week. Holly 6 156789 North Carolina state wolf pack taking on mississippi state. The wolf pack the game. Stan good morning, everyone. In sports, the North Carolina state wolf pack in the belt bowl taking on mississippi state. A terrible weather day in charlotte and the packs play early was like the weather messy. Bank of america stadium, purr set last game as the wolfpack quarterback, terrible game, pressure and there is the kick off by jerry green, the pack crumbled. Qb press cot was terrific. Little frank of the screen to ross, gets the block and into the end zone, 70 mississippi state. Purr set, back to pass again and with a great interception by brandon bryant, nothing to do about that. 210 in the second, when North Carolina state gets something done, they go one way, across the other way, its wide open speed, 82 yards, 6, 217, pack cutting into the lead. Purr set cuts it to 10 on the quarterback and that was it. No stopping the mvp for the belt report, 380 yards and 4 tds, thepack falls 5128. Duke saturday boston college, their final against long beach state, allen, watch this. Oh, what a jumper. 33 points in the slam. You see a jumper. Look at the feet. Plumly has some home, great point, two blocks, blue devils 112 and 103 victory. In the conference tuneup, the last game before they get to the so conopenners, they beat mars hill and cullowhee, mike browns 22 led, their are 58 and will host east Tennessee State saturday at 2 00 as they start sewcon play. Mars hill will be at Carson Newman saturday. Mountain heritage coach susie shelton, 300th career win when the cougars won the holiday classic. Mountain heritage beat robberson in the game, 4741, shelton has been the coach and alma matter since 1999. Congrats to her. Thats sports this morning. Im stan pamfilis. We will see you again tonight at 6 oclock. Have a great thursday, everyone. Holly it will be a thursday that will determine what the weather will be in the new year, ingrid . Ingrid lets take a look outside. We are expecting 58 degrees in buncombe county with partly clear skies. A few showers this m mning in the upstate, but overall, not too bad. Especially compared to yesterday. 24 hours ago, wow, big changes. 65 this afternoon. New years eve, here is your forecast. No rain expected. But cloudy conditions. 39 in asheville for a low. 40 degrees in hendersonville. And middletoupper 40s into the upstate. Happy new year, everyone. Right now lets look at our traffic with our ontime traffic report. Jay right now, there is still some roads closed due to flooding in brevard. Roads are both still blocked. Holly hover, most roads remain clear and there are no accidents in asheville, buncombe county or the surrounding counties. Here is a live look around the world. This is dublin ireland. Jay think how busy that pub will be later on. News 13 this morning will be right back. Stay with us. Jay in facebook feedback we asked what is your new years eve resolution. Very best person i can be. Patrick carry gan says he wants to change his diet to healthy foods, have more fun with life and take more photos. Two good answers there. Over to you. Holly taking a step now back into time, in todays morning surf we are looking at historical photos. Ingrid speaking of photos, what is different about these are, you might not find them in the history books. Lets take a look at these. Holly the first one, yeah, you know this guy, its actually around schwarzenegger showing off his muscles to an elderly woman in the 1970s. Ingrid i love this picture. Look at the women. Holly they dont look that impressed, do they . Ingrid theyre like, uhhuh, seen this before, buddy. Holly and afi um faint dog sitting on top of a gun in world war i. Ingrid thats a cute one. Holly practice for german solars, 1935. Standing there on top of the horse. Holly german soldiers of war execute a communist in munich, 1919. Ingrid oh, goodness. Every time a plane landed on the wrong carrier, a tradition to graffiti it before sending it back. Ingrid i didnt know that. Holly one more. Wow, punt gun used for duck gunting has the potential to kill 50 birds in a swoop i. Was banned in the late 1880s. Ingrid i think its a good idea. To kill 50 burdens in one time . Holly yeah, but you need 18 people to hold it. Ingrid lets take a final look outside, this final half hour, cloudy conditions and low 50s and the winds picket up at 15 miles per hour. After at the ashville airport. We have a dry start but coming up in the next half hour, we have your new years eve forecast and just how cold we turn the next seven days. It will start to feel like winter soon enough. Holly a family helps a the unique bond. Jay driving is about to get more expensive. The changes come k next year you need to know. There will be an emphasis on Impaired Driving for the holiday, extra troopers out. Holly tracking down drunk drive, coming up in the live report. Lauren brigman tells you the options you have to get home new year now, in high definition, from the Western North carolinas news leader, this is news 13 this weekend. Holly preparations are underway for the new years eve celebration in new york city. Jay you are looking at a live picture right now. The stage is all set. Metal barriers are in place. Ingrid more than 10,000,000 people are expected to be there to watch that Waterford Crystal ball drop. Its always beautiful. Jay it is, indeed. Good morning, it is thursday, december 31st. Happy new years eve. Im jay siltzer. Holly and im holly headrick. Ingrid and im Ingrid Allstaedt and i have good new, its mostly dry here in Western North carolina. The only exception is down into the upstate, where we are seeing this band of some light showers around clemson and also greenville right now. And east of greer, seeing a little bit heavier rainfall at times. Overall, not too much to worry about in the way of rain, just the slight chance this morning, mainly for the upstate. 53 by lunchtime with partly clear sky, coming up in a cold we will get tonight. A lot of folks have big plans and how cold we will stay in the extended forecast. Right now lets get a check of the roads with our ontime traffic report. Holly a live look on the interstate from our vision express. Net traffic cam. I26 looking pretty good this morning. Not a lot of fog out there. And not very many cars. Jay thankfully no accidents reported in the surrounding counties at this time. Holly i hope it stays this way. Jay as you make plans to ring in the new year, Law Enforcement says you should also plan a safe ride home after the celebration. Holly Lauren Brigman is live in downtown asheville inside the mobile track unit. Lauren, the penalties for drunk driving are hefty. Lauren definitely, holly. Some include losing your license. If convicted of a dwi, you can also lose your job or face jail time. So, troopers say, there are just too many other options to get home safely rather than getting behind the wheel after you have been drinking. Checkered cab Company Operates in hendersonville and asheville about 15 taxis on the roads. Tonight, they are adding up to 8 additional taxis to handle the increase in calls that are expected. So, whether you have a designated driver or you choose to call a cab, making prior arrangements can help you get penalties. Well, you dont have to worry about all the tickets and the fines and the jail possibilities, mostly getting hurt. Lauren now, some of the Ride Services that are optioned for you for this new years eve include, of course, having a designated driver, you know, plan ahead for that. Call a cab. You can use the uber ride share service. You will need to download that app in order to use it. Of course, you can get a nearby hotel room or walk home if you are going to a destination thats nearby. So, keep all those options in mind as you are heading out to ring in the new year tonight and, of course, adam and i want to wish you a very happy and safe new year. Reporting live in downtown asheville, Lauren Brigman, news jay starting tomorrow you will pay more in dmv fees across North Carolina. Registration renewals will cost 8 more starting january 1st. So will renewing your drivers license for 8 years. The fee increase was ordered by the General Assembly earlier this year to generate more money for road and bridge improvements. Holly recommendations to increase safety for cyclists are on their way to the legislature. The it allows drivers to cross a doubleyellow line when passing cyclists. Bicycle riders would also be required to wear reflective clothing and to bicycle,\yl lanes and more greenways than people on bicycles going to have more options, and when motorists are using the road, the infrastructure is going to allow people to know where they should be and how they should interact. Holly dot report including it will be reviewed in committee and voted on before any changes go into law. Jay i26 is back open this morning after a fuel leak caused a crash and shut down part of the interstate. Traffic backed up for miles near the trionexit on the polk county Henderson County line. Troopers say a truck leaked fuel making the road very slick. That caused a crash that shut down the westbound lane around 6 oclock last night. Four cars were involved. Three people were hurt. They are all expected to be okay. Holly a new story of neighbors helping neighbors during recent flooding. Jay take a listen to this. Justin teague was driving on moffitt road in asheville early tuesday wherng when he noticed another driver stop and calling for help. That driver tells news 13 she could not get her car in reverse and had to leave it. So, teague swam through six feet deep water to help her across the flooded road. I just helped get her out of the water. Jay First Responders say you should never go into flood waters. Teague realizes it was risky but says he felt compelled to help. Jay a mudslide in buncombe county happened near the art face Charter School in swannanoa. Surveillance video shows the debris floating away and the pictures later show how bad itt was. Water run off damaged just about every room in the building. The worst part is we just completed a master plan process with the Asheville Design Center and so this was all part of the plan, we just Mother Nature didnt plan on us. A lot of books are damaged. I think, you know, once we get settled and organized we will need some support with that. Im worried about mold with musical instruments, artwork that we have. Holly to make matters worse, a lot of the School Supplies that were donated or paid for by teachers are gone. Jay we have an update this belgium brewing. The company says it has no plans to sell. In an end of theear statement Company Officials said there is no deal on the table and they look forward to growing their asheville team. Earlier this month, reuters reported new belgium was looking for a deal that would value the company at more than 1 billion. Holly today is the last day to donate to a local program that will benefit as many as 30 nonprofits in Western North carolina. Its called give local, and it was organized by the mountain express. Friend of the Western NorthCarolina Nature Center is just one group that can benefit and it supports the nature center. Organizers say this is an opportunity for the community to show its appreciation. We would love to see a big show of support from the community for a lot of these nonprofits. They really deserve it and do great things for the community. Holly he says 30,000 has been raised so far. They hope to see a big spike today. We all know about the ball drop in new york on new years there will be some unique items dropped to rick ring in 2016. Jay the thirsty monk will hold its annual keg drop celebration. Its exactly what it sounds like. A golden Gold Mountain keg will be dropped midnight. Holly marion will do its traditional gold nugget drop. It is a replica gold nugget and dropped into a giant 10foot donut made by mr. Bobs donut. Jay in franklin, the ruby drop returns for the second year at the Motor Company grill. Holly the most controversial drop in the mountains is the possum drop in brasstown. Peta sued the state over a law protecting that event. Thats because governor pat mccrory signed a bill this year exempting the possum from state wild life regulations, but only for five days around the first of the year. That way the event could continue. Todays early bird gets the win give away, you have a chance to win an asheville independent restaurant passport. Jay the passport typically sells for 60 adds up to 750 in its good at dozens of asheville restaurants. Go to facebook. Com news 13 to enter. Holly we will announce the winner just before 7 oclock this morning. You have just about 15 minutes left. She risked her life to prevent an attack on children and teachers. Jay our last person of the year finalist and her remarkable story of cou wow, you changed my old bedroom. With a little help from a havertys designer. He helped us, uh. Reinvent the whole space. Im sure it was perfect then too, because youre perfect. Yeah, i was perfect. No mom, youre grounded its uh. Its better now. Well, my design sense is everevolving, so. Its all on sale for the holidays. Shop our winter event at havertys and enjoy thirtysix month, no interest financing now, in high definition, this is your news 13 skywatch forecast. Ingrid welcome back, everyone. We have a Flood Warning out for the french broad at blantyre but thats the only real issue back here in the mountains. Down to the upstate, seeing a line of showers here, just light in nature from clemson all the way through greenville and right now the heaviest little batch here is south of spartanburg. So, if you live in those zones you might need your umbrella for just another few hours and then we should see things start to clear out. Back here in asheville, well, we dont have any rain to worry about, thankfully, we have been talking so much about this rain that the french broad is still very high. It will continue to recede the next couple of hours and into the next couple of days through saturday morning. Finally, back below that action stage of 15 feet. Now, we have seen a lot of rain this month already. The second wettest december on record, in fact. So, we have seen close to 55 in some locations, just over 54 at the ashville airport. But look at this, the warmest december on record. Season, the average in the 50s so that gives you good reassurance that, yeah, youre not crazy. It has not been feeling like winter this time of year. That will come in my sevenday forecast about 2 minutes but look right now in anderson, its 60 degrees. 65 in greenwood. Very mild conditions. Back here in asheville, 51 degrees in buncombe county. Visibility is looking pretty good. Seeing some patchy fog throughout the morning, in the foothills seeing visibility cut in half, and down to 4 miles in forest city, 7 down into greenville and spartanburg. Wind lightened up a tad. We are at 15 now, now we are at 8 in asheville and 7 down into greenville. This is the system that brought us all of the rain the last couple of days. Thankfully, we are starting to see that clear out with the exception of a few showers, even through 8 a. M. For the upstate. But, back here in asheville, we are expecting mostly dry conditions today and even seeing the clouds break up by lunchtime, 2 p. M. , seeing some sunshine and we will continue to see the clearing conditions through dinnertime, but then, we back in overnight but no need for the umbrella if you are heading out on new years eve. Friday it will be cloudy, but its going to be cool, too. So the couple changes heading our way. No rain today, 58 degrees, partly clear, wind up to 10 miles per hour. Tonight around midnight it should be in the low 40s. But, the morning low temperatures will come after midnight. It will be about 39 degrees. So, overall, cooler. You will need a jacket if you are heading out on new years eve. A slight chance for rain in greenville throughout the day. 65 degrees and we will see more clouds tonight, down to 47. Tended forecast shows the first day of the year will be chillier, 48 degrees for a high. More sunshine saturday and sunday. And overnight lows will be cold, in the 20s. So, finally it will start to feel a little bit more like it should. 50s into next week and notice no rain chances for the next seven days. Back over to you. Holly two roads remain closed due to flooding in brevard. Both still blocked. Jay Asheville PoliceHighway Patrol and surrounding counties are reporting no accidents or delays at this time. Here some drive times right now. Future i26 at unca to long sholes, 15 minutes. Holly 25 north at vanderbilt is also running smoothly and the time for the parkway ramp is to i40 is about 4 minutes right now. She is the last person of the week finalist. Leading up to our big person of the year announcement tonight. Jay a School Bus Driver in macon county, honored for her bravery. As larry blunt shows what alice brady did in the face of danger is nothing short of remarkable. Reporter on the last day of school at south macon elementary. I always look in the parking lot and you dont see anything left on the bus. Reporter and the routine on the ride, bus driver Alice Bradley. We call her middle school bradley. Reporter ensures safety from the start. She has been doing it for 25 years. We trust them with our kids every day. Just a week after a imagined. What could have happened if not for her actions . Should send chills up our backs. Its a token of my appreciation to you. Thank you. Thank you very much. Reporter this grandmother and brave bus driver faced the threat of death. It happened as she just pulled up to prepare the bus. I nosed the two people standing right down here and he held a gun up like this. And i cranked my car back up and when he did, he pointed it at me. The individuals attempted to get on her bus, she made the conscious decision to keep that from happening. 911, what is your marriage . There is two guys out here in our driveway and they are shooting at one another. One of them is going to shoot me. I said oh no, my kids will be here in a minute so i took off. Reporter she didnt just try to go after them, she tried to run over them. So, theyan. No shots were fired but. It could have been a much reporter adam conley and Kathryn Jeter were captured behind the school. When the sheriff asked them why, why there . Why a school of all places . One of the suspects said that the reason they were here was it was gods will for them to be here. Basically, what was said was, if it would have been gods will, then they would have began shooting children and teachers. Reporter instead of tragedy, this School Year Ends in triumph because middle school adams had the courage to confront a gunman. I think its i cant get it out of my mind, but everyone keeps telling me it will take time. Reporter after this final ride, Alice Bradley will have a whole summer to get it off her mind. Im sure every bus driver, the only thing they are thinking of is, lord, let me get the kids home. Reporter the kids she called her kids. When they get on my bus, i tell them, they are mine, when reporter and parents who road middle school abs bus when he was young, will remember the school year and that day. I dont have to worry about them when theyre with her. Reporter not just for what happened. Have a good summer. Reporter but what didnt happen. I cant even think about it. No. You look in the mirror and you have a lot of little eyes looking at you and you thinking all the time, dont make a mistake. Reporter maybe it was no mistake out of all the bus drivers in maibd, Alice Bradley, middle school ab, was the one that was there this morning. I will always be convinced she changed the course of the events that occurred from that point forward. Reporter who knows. Maybe its better we dont. Im okay. I will see you next year, okay . You be good. Jay unreal. She is the drive you you want your kids to have. No doubt. You can find all three persons site, wlos. Com. Holly be sure to watch tonight at 6 00. We will announce our person of the year. Jay three incredible nominations. Jay i dont know who you pick. I dont know whose job it was to pick but i dont envy them. A family hope as kitten will help a little girl. Are holly welcome back, tonight is the big night. Across the u. S. Americans are getting 2015 and hello 2016. Jay amid the festivities, security is being ramped up. Action is necessary. 3, 2, 1, happy new year reporter as america prepares to ring in the new year, Officials Say a threat from overseas and possible attacks in los angeles, new york, and washington, dc, but they say a threat was uncorroborate and based on a single source. Still, with over 1,000,000 expected in times square, they are not taking any chances. Times square will be one of the safest places in the country. Reporter 6,000 officers will be deploy and there will also be helicopter, boat patrols and hundreds of extra mobile mobile cameras and radiation detectors but theres only so much they can do. The new york flies are very good and sensitized to the threat and they know times square is a mayor target but at the end to of the day a crowd of people like that, you cant vet everyone and chehe them. Jay in l. A. , extra security will be on hand for the rose both of which are considered elevated security events for the first time. This is the officials in belgium announce new years eve celebrations in brs sells are canceled entirely after the arrest of two men accused of plotting attacks in the capitol. Im kim hummerson reporting. Jay a mother of the so called after affluenza teen is bag in the u. S. Holly she arrived in the u. S. A few hours ago. This is video of her arrival to the airport. She was wearing handcuffs while escorted by police. U. S. Marshals. Later today she already charged with hindering the apprehension of a juvenile. Her son, eric couch remains in mexico, his attorneys filed paperwork to block mexican authorities from deporting him back to the u. S. Jay prosecutors say the woman who ran down pet screens in vegas tested positive on the vegas strip. She killed one and injured dozens. Police describe what happened as she is charged with murder and leaving the scene of the accident. She is being held pending a status check january 20th. Holly a heartwarming story about a little girl and her pet. Jay she shares an unusual bond with her kitten. The a 3 month old kitten is beating the odds after its leg had to be amputated. Holly scarlet tipton endured chemo and had to have her arm amputated. The family wanted to get her an animal she could relate to. She noticed the cat had staples down its side. And she points to that and she said, owe, and i said yeah, the kitty cat has owes like you do. Jay the toddler is cancer free. Holly the u. S. Postal service announced its lineup of stamps. Jay four star trek stamps honor the original t. V. Sees the stamps show classic icon, the u. S. S. Enterprise, the star fleet insignia, a crew member being beamed up and, of course, the vulcan salute. Holly and its the most liked instagram, can you guest . Jay we will tell you what it is and why its so popular coming up. Holly first lets look at todays mind teaser. How big is the new years eve ball . Jay we have the answer when jay 6 5 right now. Lets get a recap of this mornings local headlines. The wife of the mayor of waynesville is charged with dwi following a serious crash on christmas eve. Holly the charge was filed yesterday after toxicology results came back. Authorities say jackie brown was driving on west avenue when her vehicle crossed the median and hit a pickup truck the morning she andndhe three people in the truck were hospitalized with serious injuries. Her next court date is scheduled for february. Jay a mudslide in buncombe county happened near arts Charter School in swannanoa. Surveillance video shows debris floating away. The pictures from the next morning show just how bad it was. A lot of the School Supplies that were donated were actually paid for by teachers. They are now gone. Holly we have an update this morning on the flood cleanup in biltmore village. Last night dot crews worked to clear the mud along brook street. Some stores are still dealing with the aftermath of tuesdays flooding as well. A gallery is facing thousands of dollars in damage. Employees at surface gallery say they have lost sales because of the mess. Here is the answer took. Com news days mind teaser. We asked how big is the new years eve ball . Jay the answer is its 12 feet in diameter and weighs more than 11,000 pounds. Holly wow. It received the title top dog on the social media site jay it has more than 2,000,000 followers. An 8 yearold dog is a japanese see bah inknew. The dog and its owner live in tokyo. Holly its been on instagram for several years now. It was born in 2007 and adopted by his owner christmas eve. You Better Believe everyone likes the dogs round face. Shy bah inknews are a popular breed in japan. Cute dog. Jay uhhmm. Holly 2,000,000 followers . Popular dog. Ingrid very popular. Its cute but. Jay not that cute. Ingrid how exciting can it be . Holly we have a winner in the early bird gets the win give away. Jay congratulations to cath lynn lolling, you have won an asheville independent passport. Ingrid great prize, we will email you how you can claim your prize. New years eve, lot of folks making plans today for tonight, of course. Around midnight it will be about 4043 degrees. By Early Morning hours, if you will be out late, you might need a good jacket. It will be 39 degrees. Year, going to ring in colder, 48 degrees with sunshine saturday and sunday and notice overnight lows will stay below freezing. So, finally, it is starting to feel like winter again. And we have no chances for rain in the next seven days at this point. A lot of folks probably pretty darn happy about that. Especially after all the flooding that we have seen. We will show you videos of it. Today in the upstate, 65. We are seeing a few light showers this morning. But through this afternoon, we should be mostly dry. Tonight in the upper 40s. So maybe keep a sweater if you are heading out and tomorrow cooler and sunshine also for the weekend. All in all, not too bad. Jay not at all. Thanks for joining us. Gma is next on news 13 for more local news and weather check us out online at wlos. Com. Holly from all of us to its safe and happy. Good morning, america. Recordbreaking floods