Accused of helping her son flee to mexico. Video, new this morning. News 4 midday starts right now. We start in hong kong where it is 2016. The new year. In the next couple of hours, thailand and dubai will be ringing in the new year. Happy new year. This is new zealand. One of the first places in the world to celebrate 2016. The fireworks display held in auckland. The fiveminute display included 2500 individual fireworks. Im megan mcgrath, life in southeast where you are going to hear the popping of champagne bottles. All you are hearing is the giggling of happy children. More and more celebrations are popping up like this one at the yards. Happy new year. Happy new year. A day of fun to ring in the new year beginning at the yards along the southeast waterfront. We think it is a great time. I this i nk it is an opportunit spend time with the family during the day thankful that the weather is nice. Train rides, costumed entertainers and a huge, inflatable slide. All a part of the Family Friendly festival. It was really big. I was scared walking up. It was fun going down. It was awesome. Thats a long climb to get up there. What was that like . It sure is. What was that like . Scary. And in old town, the emphasis is on the arts with more than 100 performances held in venues scattered around town and music for those that want to get out and dance. Tickets for first night alexandria are 30 for adults. Kids 12 and under are free. The day long event wraps up with fireworks at the foot of king street. No charge to see the fireworks in alexandria. However, organizers remind people that putting on that show is very expensive. So donations to first night alexandria are welcome. Back to you guys at the studio. I dont see a lot of people wearing sunglasses or jackets out there. You are going to have to bundle up. Not thatted ba. Still a little chilly. Temperatures in the 50s. We are running about 10 degrees above normal for this time already right now. Temperatures in the 50s across the boar. No rain. Maybe a few light sprinkles. Not sure if those are even hitting the ground. If you are traveling, specially south, thats where we are seeing some rain. Not up in new york where they are going to have celebrations later. I know celebrations all along the east coast. This is where we are going to be dealing with rain showers all the way through the florida panhandle. We have cloudy conditions, maybe a little bit of sunshine. We have your planner coming up in a few minutes. Thank you, lauren. The ball has been tested. In a couple of hours, we will be dropping in times square. Revelers will not be alone this year. Long guns, radiation detectors and bombsniffing dogs will join the hundreds of thousands of people there. Nearly 6,000 Police Officers will be on the job tonight, nbcs Chris Pollone has more on the ramped up security in ten minutes terror threats have canceled the new years eve celebrations in belgiums capital. New years is about seven hours away. Brussels mayor said concerns about extremist attack are just too high and that it would be impossible to screen everyone. This comes hours after we learned about several other attacks. One related to the terror attacks last month. Prosecutors say a man is the tenth suspect they have arrested in connection to those attacks. He is belgian and facing murder charges today. Prosecutors also said ten cell phones were seized in the raid on his home. Developing right now, tonya couch is in jail, the mother of ethan co thuch, 18yearold who used his wealth as a defense in a deadly drunk driving crash two years ago. He and his mother were arrested in mexico. Ethan coach is being held in mexico city right now. David culver coming to you from the live desk. We are monitoring the severe flooding out of the midwest. Surging rivers forcing hundreds of evaluations at this hour. I want to show you this new piece of video just in. That is an airfield submerged in all of that water. You can see the plains just sitting there. Dozens of levees are threatened in parts of missouri. Holding strong for now at least. Rivers and streams already full for more than 10 inches of rainfall earlier this week. They are cresting at levels not seen in nearly a quarter of a century. Getting around by car, boat, train, virtually impossible. They damaged the residents. They have been forced out. At least 20 people have been killed over the past several days bouecause of all this flooding. Another two are back how. Members of our community will gather to remember the young lives. They will host a candlelight memorial between 5 00 and 7 00 in northeast. A candle will be lit for each of the young people under 25 who have been killed in the district. They have been holding the event for 25 years hoping that each year will be their last. 2016 could be the year you become a millionaire. The jackpot many will be taking their chances on. Time is running out if you are charged for Wireless Services you didnt ask for. Coming up, what you need to know when were back here in 60 seconds. Another live picture of hong kong. Just beautiful as they ring in the new year. Here are some of the stories lighting up social media this morning. If you are heading out to bring in the new year, our news partner, wtop, have compiled a list of fun places and some freebees. Plenty of reasons not to drink and drive. The Washington Regional Alcohol Program offering free sober rides. They will take you home until 6 00 a. M. Metro is free after midnight. If you want a Family Friendly event, join the noon countdown at noon yards eve. Thats going to be at the capital riverfront. So as we head towards 2016, how about a time to reflect on some of those who have just 15 seconds offer fame headliners. Kim davis, the kentucky clerk that refused to give marriage licenses to samesex couples and then there was rachel dolaza, the then president of the washington chapter of the naacp, outed as the daughter of a white couple. What about the sudanese 14yearold boy arrested after taking a homemade clock to school and it was mistaken for a bomb. He and his family has returned to qatar to live. They are looking ahead to 2016. Here are some of their pop cultural predictions for the new year. They say kanye will release an album as well as rihanna. Dicaprio is going to win an oscar for revenent and one direction they predict will go into hiding leaving december 31st, the last day for you to claim refunds from spring and verizon if you were charged for text Subscription Services you didnt ask for. It is called cramming. Thats when you get hit for Third Party Fees for Text Messages you didnt sign up for. Both phone giants agreed to pay more than 130 million after billing customers without their permission. The fec says both wireless carriers charged as much as 114 a month for Unwanted Services temperatures in the 50s. Not at all bad. We have cloud cover. Maybe a little bit of sunshine as we get into the afternoon. Again, we are still looking at some rain down to the south. If you are traveling, we still have that rain down to the south. This afternoon, we are looking at temperatures falling out of the 50s. We will keep the clouds around tonight. Partly cloudy by the time the clock strikes midnight. Temperatures in the low 40s. Upper 30s outside the beltway. For your new years day, not too bad. It is going to be a little cool. Well get some sunshine by the afternoon and no rain. Month are on your weekend forecast coming up. Thank you, lauren. Youll be happy to know you have another chance to become a billionaire this weekend. No one was a winner last night. That jackpot now stands at a whopping 334 million. The next drawing is on saturday. After the break, bill cosbys attorney explains why the case against the actor will not hold up in court. In just a few hours, that massive ball will be ringing in the new year in New York Times square. There will be more Police Officers on the streets this year and eyes in the sky. Nbcs chris malone has more on the final prep and the rampedup security. Melissa, it is an unseasonably warm day for new york city here on new years eve. That could add to the number of people coming out to times square. A crowd of 1 million is expected to show up to ring in 2016 with the ceremonial ball drop and 6,000 Police Officers will be with them as well. The nypd says this should be the safest place in america. Of the 6,000 Police Officers, 500 will be part of a new Antiterrorism Task force formed in america. People will enter through 14 entry points. They will be checked with a metal detector. Thej2 as millions turn out to watch 2016 come in here in new york city. In new york, im Chris Pollone, nbc news. That ball is ready to drop. It will be the 111th annual new years eve celebration. Tonights show on nbc will be hosted by carson daly. Among the performers bringing in the new year are tony bennett, lady gaga, Blake Shelton and gwen stefani. Metro is running on a normal schedule today. It will be on a sunday schedule tomorrow opening at 7 00 a. M. Tonight, this is is stim is open until 3 00 a. M. For those that plan to go somewhere, watch the ball drop, have a few cocktails. This is a safe way to go. Dont forget rides between midnight tonight and closing are absolutely free. Shocking, surprising, inspiring, some of the words we would use to describe the top stories of 2015. We took a look back at the biggest ones. Aaron gilcrest takes us through the top four stories for the last 12 months 2015, for People Living in washington, it was a year of crime concerns, uncertainty for transit riders and a visit from one of the worlds most beloved figures. We are looking back at news 4s four biggest stories of 2015 that affected the washing area. Number four, a story just up the road from washington all across the area. Freddie gray was arrested and placed in the back of a police van. During that ride, he suffered a spinal cord injury and died days later sparking violent reaction in the streets. Violence and rioting that have been taking place in baltimore. This is a picture we believe of the cvs store. We have seen a lot of looting happening here. Now, it appears sadly that there is some fire. Baltimore states attorney, Marilyn Mosby demanded swift justice against the six officers involved. They will all face trial. The first ended in a mistrial. Number three, mansion murder mystery. The scene of a fire now rapidly evolving into something much more sinister. The first firefighters who responded here this afternoon very quickly realized something was terribly wrong. Flames poured from a large home in an upscale neighborhood. Four people died. They had all been tortured beforehand. Dna on a slice of pizza in that house linkeded daron wint who worked for sevopolous. The homicide rate spiked from 97 to more than 150 this year. Number two, a visit of papal proportions. On september 22nd, pope francis made his first visit to the u. S. And his first stop was the nations u. S. Capital. For 48 hours, the pope, his motorcade and his fiat bounced back and forth throughout washington. News 4 covered it live. He met with president obama at the white house, waved to tens of thousands along the papal parade route, blessed a few children and became the first pope to address the United States congress. He also celebrated matt at the basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception where he canonized a missionary. Finally, the story with the biggest impact for the washington region, a turbulent year for mro. In january, smoke caused chaos beneath the streets of washington. The metro station has been evacuated and closed down. It is unbelievable how many blocks are closed off with fire nd arrest skew equipment. We now know that one person has died. Several others were rushed to the hospital this afternoon. Carol glover never made it home that day. She was heading home from work when her train stopped and started filling with smoke. Metro determined it was an arcing insulator that led to the incident. The agency led with a handful of other problems including the august derailment of an empty t train at the smithsonian. They flew over a stranded train at west falls church. It also took metro almost a year to hire a new general manager. Wiedefeld took the reigns promising safety and improvement in the overall experience. Not everyones list is the same as ours. We put this years most clickedon stories including what about a certain baby panda. I know you know what im talking about. It is a great day out there today. Doesnt look like a lot of sunshine. It is going to be veiled sunshine as we continue through throughout the day. We have sunshine returns tomorrow and into the weekend. New years eve, looking fabulous, new years eve, new years day. Temperatures will be in the 40s, seasonable. We will keep the clouds around. For your new years eve forecast, again, temperatures are going to be around 40 degrees for overnight lows tonight. Saturday and sunday, looking good. We continue to take sunshine into early next week. Guys . Bill cosby is at home on a 1 million bond after being arrested on Sexual Assault charges in pennsylvania. The comedian has been accused of Sexual Misconduct by dozens of women. This is the first time he has been charged with a crime. This case involves a former Temple University employee who cosby invited to his home in 2004. They initially settled a civil suit in 2005. The prosecutors say it is cosbys own words from a deposition that brought these criminal charges. If you look at the deposition itself, which now is out there, wasnt supposed to be but is. Then, you will see there is no admission of criminal wrongdoing with respect to mr. Cosby. There is detailed testimony about this incident and others. If cosby is convicted, he could serve up to ten years in jail. Here at home, folks are reacting to the news of cosbys arrest. He has some pretty significant ties to the area, in particular to bens chili bowl. His face is on a mural outside there. He is one of a select few to always eat for free. Many have strong opinions about these charges. I have looked up to him. Thats sad. I dont know longer respect him. Everybody makes mistakes and you should forgive him. It took a toll on me personally. I have tried to model my family and what i wanted after bill cosby. The smithsonian says it has no plans to pull a cosbyfunded exhibit at the African Museum of fine art. We have a timeline on our website. We are back in 60 seconds with the scams that hit us the hardest in 2015 and still maybe a problem in 2016. Dont forget, you can catch news 4 midday from anywhere. All you need is microsoft will start telling users of its e maple and Cloud Service if it expects statesponsored hackers are trying to provide into the account. Facebook, twitter and google also provide such warnings. Erika . Scams, we warm you throughout the year about different ways try to steal your money. Scams cost consumers nearly 1 million this year. The number one scam reported, tax scams. According to scams reported to the Better Business bureau. The bbb compiled this list of the top scams. Marcy raf of brookville, maryland, explained the phone call she got. Somebody impersonating the irs. The bbb says the tax scam is the most reported scam of 2015. I answered the phone and it was a prerecorded message. This is the irs. To avoid further legal action, call this number immediately. The caller i. D. Is often spoofed to appear to be from a Government Agency or police. The irs is never going to call you to collect taxes. The second most popular scam involves phoney debt collectors. Somebody calls you claiming you have this unpaid debt. The scam often threatens consumers with lawsuits and maybe some jail time if you dont pay right away. Again, all of these, welcome back, everybody. Temperatures pretty much staying where they are right now. Daytime highs in the 50s. Guess what . We are in the 50s right now. We are not going to move too far from there. Temperatures in the 50s. Maybe some sunshine by the time we head into the late afternoon. Maybe we will see sunshine before then. Temperatures in the 40s tonight. It will be cool. We will get a little clearing of the cloud cover out there. What to wear later on. What to wear later on tonight. Maybe you are going to have that coat with you. Some tights and a scarf. Maybe some gloves if you are out and about. We are going to let you know exactly what to wear as we have got your new years day forecast. The weekend looking fabulous with temperatures in the 40s. Mofr to co more to come in a few minutes. Seven hours before the new year in it will i. People there arent celebrating with fireworks. Dozens have canceled their displays because of all the smog. This week, rome and milan put restrictions on driving because levels of pollution have exceeded legal limits. All that smog is now posing health risks. Government officials are moving are working to deal with the new years eve is all about counting counsel, of course. Getting ready for the big things happening in the new year. Here are the four big ones anyways. First, the 2016 election. On the republican side, donald trump and on the democratic side, Hillary Clinton are the frontrunners right now. That could change once the Iowa Caucuses and the New Hampshire primary happen in february. Second, the super bowl. Super bowl 50 is up february 7th. The panthers and cardinals are among the favorites. The redskins, we do have a chance. We will keep our fingers crossed. The other big sports event, the 2016 summer olympics in rio. Another stadium just opened this month and so did one have o the olympic pools. That works well with our fourth thing. The year of the monkey on the chinese calendar. A year of competition as well as challenge. Pretty cool. Looking forward to that. Temperatures out there are in the 50s. Were going to stay in the mid 50 its for much of the day. We are going to have a few streaks of sunshine. Keep your fingers crossed. I do believe we are going to have more tomorrow. We are keeping a lot of the cloud cover around today. Midnight, partly cloudy. Temperatures around 40. One side or the other depending on where you are. Inside the beltway, low 40s. Outside, upper 30s. It is going to be a nice night and a nice new years day. Oh, my goodness. Temperatures, with he wake up. A little chilly. We will top out in the upper 40s. With he should be 44 for this time of year. We are doing better tomorrow. We will have plenty of sunshine to go along with your first day of 2016. Guys . Thanks, lauren. It just got less expensive for you to reach your fitness resolution in the new year. D. C. Mayor, meriel bowser says it will be cut. She didnt want the cost to persuade anybody from being healthy. Four teams are vying for a chance at a Football College championship. Oklahoma and clemson facing off. The game could end shortly before the new year. A new years tradition. The annual rose bowl parade. More than 10,000 hours of work went into prep for the float. The parade kicks off at 11 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning. You can watch it right here on nbc 4. Coming up after the break, the rep money. David culver with you from the live desk. Just into our newsroom, u. S. Officials say the Treasury Department is getting ready to impose new sanctions in connection with irans Ballistic Missile program. Nbc news just confirming what the wall street journal has reported. Officials would freeze the Financial Assets belonging to a group of iranians and companies in iran, hong kong and the united ar United Arab Emirates and bar u. S. Companies from doing business with them. Iran denies any wrongdoing republican candidate, jeb bush, is moving staffers out of his miami headquarters and moving them to early primary states like New Hampshire. He is canceling millions in tv ads. Bush says, this is not a desperate move, saying his new years resolution is winning. Ben carson raised 23 million in the First Quarter and senator ted cruz raised 20 million. Senator marco rubio brought in 6 million. If a picture is worth 1,000 words, white house photographer, pete souza, turns out about 2 Million Words a day capturing pivotal events in history and some more personal moments. Here is nbcs ron allen. They are unique, behind the scenes, closeup images of a president. Many never seen publicly until now. Serious matters inside the white house. A first daughter drops by the oval office to see her dad. The president with an aides twin sons. Mom wiping away a tear. The yearend gallery of white house photographer, pete sue sdp souza. Giving nbc news an exclusive first look. I probably take between 500 and 2000 a day. Probably about a quarter million a year, somewhere in that. Over seven years. A lot of pictures. Part of souzas mission, to document history. President obama and the first family greeting pope francis. A hand shake with cubas castro. A big smile after the iran nuclear deal. Mr. Obama there for vicepresident biden at his sons funeral. He is the president of the United States but he is also a human being. I try to show his personality as best i can. There is obviously a lot of pictures with little kids in my yearend gallery. He loves babies. Thats National Security adviser ben rodes daughter, ella. Have you ever seen the president lying on the floor with a kid in an elephant suit . The wideopen door policy for staff children. A lot of them are children of working moms. He knows what i a sacrifice they make in terms of being at work a lot. This years gallery has 111 pictures. Whats souzas favorite . My favorite picture will hopefully be the one i make later today or tomorrow. Thats what keeps you going. You are trying to get a good picture tomorrow. Ron allen, nbc news with the president in honolulu. All of them are gorgeous. They are amazing. I put that on my facebook page. I could look at his pictures all day. I kind of stalk his twitter feed. He is amazing, so talented. A major change for customers of one wireless character. Dangerous turbulence forces a flight to mak at t is doing away with twoyear contracts. He will only be able to buy a smartphone or flip phone by paying full price or part of an installment plan. It doesnt apply to business customers. Verizon and sprint got rid of twoyear contracts in august while tmobile stopped offering them two years ago. Im landon doughty. Joourks im megan mg grath. Live along the southeast waterfront where new years eve festivities are already underway here at the yards. This is a Family Friendly celebration. A huge inflatable slide. They have very elaborate, really cool Face Painting here. They are handing out noisemakers for all the kids. Even a little train going around giving rides here. This is free to the public. It is going to be going on until 1 00 this afternoon. If you are looking for something to do with your kiddos today, all of them are off. You can come on down here. Another option for ringing in the new year is first night alexandria. The emphasis is on the arts with first night. There are over 100 performances at venues scattered around old town alexandria. Really, there is something for everyone. Geared toward all ages, all interests. The tickets for first night are 30. For adults. Kids 12 and under, they get in for free. It all ends with the Fireworks Show at midnight as the clock strikes 12, they will start letting off the fireworks. They remind folks that show is expensive to put on so donations are welcome. Almost 200 people went to the hospital after severe turbulence forced an air canada flight to land. It was coming from china to toronto when it hit some rough air. It made an emergency stop in scale gary. It felt like the plane was simply dropping out of the sky. The flight was just going down and everything is really scary. The girl sitting next to me and she was sleeping and she just fly. Nine of the passengers were hurt. Protesters planning to some big stories happening right now. Starting in los angeles, where ethan couchs mom is in jail. Couch is the teen who used his wealth as a defense for a drunk driving crash two years ago that killed five people. Couch and his mother were arrested in mexico earlier this week after Police Suspected he violated his probation from that case. In the midwest, severe flooding could break open levees there today. The weather is causing hundreds of evacuations in missouri and illinois. You can see in one town it flooded there. Revelers in new york will be sharing the streets. They will join the hundreds of thousands of people there. Nearly 6,000 Police Officers will be on the job tonight. The nypd and the fbi expect 1 Million People to hit the city. We are not expecting huge numbers of people to celebrate in the capital but authorities still see it as a potential terror target. It is already 2016 in many spots around the world. Happy new year. This is new zealand, one of the first places to celebrate the new year. The fireworks display was held there in auckland. We are watching the weather for celebrators, of course, in our area this evening. Lauryn ricketts joining us. Things looking pretty good for fireworks . I do believe so. They are going to be fine out there, but it is hard to believe, because we have had rain chances every day. No rain chances today specially for the d. C. Area even though it looks like it is going to rain. We are going to stay dry the further south we travel and a little bit of rain. Clouds trying to break up in some spots. Keep your fingers crossed. Well see limited sunshine as we continue into the afternoon. We have rain stretching back to the florida panhandle. No, looking good for the festivities. Hopefully, you have already hit the roadway. The travel, not going to be that bad as you make your new years eve travel plans. For the weekend, temperatures in the 40s on saturday, upper 40s on sunday. Both days of the weekend featuring sunshine. We are going to plan out your new years eve and new years day coming up next. New numbers on robberies in d. C. Are out. Robberies that did not involve guns went down this year compared to 2014. Armed robberies went up about i about 100. That includes two more that happened last night. Police say they were two separate cases of gun robberies, one on 58th street northeast and another on ft. Totten drive. In the same span of a couple of hours, a robbery on e street northwest where police did arrest someone there. Today, the black lives matter dmv group says it will shut down chinatown asking for justice for tamir rice and sandra brant. They are pro he testing the recent nonindictments in both cases. It will begin at 7 00 p. M. Each week, we like to bring you a story about a special child waiting for a permanent, loving home. As we gear up to bid farewell to 2015, more than two dozen kids will ring in 2016 with their new families. Barbara harrison tell us about a special occasion thats become a nationalle tradition. The leslie family singers were back again this year to herald the beginning of another adoption day in court. The 29th year since d. C. Launched this event. One of the first of its kind in the nation. I have been lucky to be here on this day every year when the d. C. Superior courthouse is filled with balloons and babies and family its like the browns who came here to make it official, the adoption of their darling new daughter, ella. One by one, the families came forward. Some adopting one. Some adopting one more. Some taking home two and one family going home with enough for their own basketball team. Five siblings that the new parents wanted to keep together. And for those five, the forever family. All the Family Court Judges that work here at the superior court were waiting for them, waiting to sign their decrees of adoption and someone else who works here, someone who has helped put this event together for the last 14 years was here this time for a different reason, becoming a mom for the first time adopting dear. This was more than 12 years ago when dear, a wednesday ace child was a bright, eloquent 9yearold who told me he just wanted to have a family to love him. He is 22 now and after two years as his mentor and a year as his foster mom, Leah Gurowitz becomes the mother of a young man who is now a senior at penn state. I always dreamed i would be here on adoption day. I didnt know i would be here at such a late age. Better late than never, right . Better late than never. I have a great mom. It is such a joy and my life is so much better for having him in it. It is wawas a day to rejoice to let go the woes waiting for what seemed would never happen and to celebrate a new day. Barbara harrison, news 4 for wednesdays child. If you have room in your home and your heart for one of our wednesdays kids who is still waiting for a permanent, loving home, call our special adoption hotline 188toadoptme. Our search wednesdays child on nbcwashington. Com. A super warm december here. What about the north pole. Here are some of the stories you are clicking on. A storm that led to two outbreaks has driven the north pole to the freezing, 50 above average. It is forcing warm air into the arctic circle. Over the north seas, drawing winds from the south are blasting at 70 miles per hour. Meteorologists say they can use forecast conditions to look at the happenings now. Cam newton is a dad. The carolina quarterback tweeting that he and his long time girlfriend, kia proctor, have welcomed a baby boy. According to celebrity babies. Com, the football star was seen leaving practice early to travel to atlanta. Opening your champagne bottle, you have to check this out, just in time for midnight. Became a little bit more fun. Possibly dangerous too. This is champagne sabering, the art of looping off the tip of the champagne bottleneck with a sword or a knife. One theory is that it dates back to napoleon. Who lobbed it off easier to do on horseback. Our theory is, it is probably safer to pop out the cork with your hand. Have a happy new year. Back to you guys. Twist the bottle, not the cork. Lessons learned. Metro is making it easier for people to get around tonight. What you need to neighborhood,i feel like its got a lot of what we were kinda talking about. The kitchen is light and bright,new. We should definitely go see it. [agent] hi. Welcome im maggie. Melanie. Maggie. So nice to meet you. [mother] this is brendan. [agent] hey brendan. Living room. [dad] hey. [mother] hey sweetie. [dad] sorry about that. What about this . This looks good. [brendan] no. [mother] isnt it so great . I think we found it. [agent] hey brendan,you might like this room. [announcer]redfin pays its agents based on your happiness. Thats real estate, redefined. Im Melissa Malay with your first 4 traffic. A reminder about the pretty tme. We are open. Free rail and bus rides here this evening from midnight to 3 00 a. M. , you can ride the rails for free as well. We want to check the train times to see when the last one is coming forward. Offpeak fairs all day parking is free. You can go to haigers town unique celebration. It is called the doughnut drop. It begins at 6 00 with an early new year countdown at 7 00. In the past few years, the town dropped a giant papiermache doughnut. It is made of fiberglass. Should be fun. It is always a good time up there in haigerstown. I love it. Heavy coat, girls, you want to have the tights on. Maybe a scarf. A little on the cool side. Cool tomorrow. Plenty of sunshine for your new years eve day. Looking good on new years eve day. Looking good for your fourday forecast as well. For today, temperatures are in the 50s. Plenty of sunshine as we continue from the weekend into early next week. Thats it for news 4 midday. We want to take you to thailand now. Live pictures there. Pretty cool. You can get news and weather updates any time. We hope you have a great day and a wonderful, very happy new year we have plans at home tonight, right . Yes, we do. We are staying at home. Happy new year. That sound. Like nails on a chalkboard. But listen to this family talking thats a different kind of sound. The sound of the weekend. Unleash the power of dough. Give it a pop. Its always worth remembering. That icing the Cinnamon Rolls is a privilege not a right. Unleash the power of dough. Give it a pop. Test. Today on meredith mere mere. What does lance have to say. And amazon launched the first drone delivery system. Would you want them on your front lawn . And the royal couple shows pictures of charlotte. And revealing a surprising person in their life. And hottest lap top and the latest fitness gadget. We have the cyber monday click and deals that are only a click away. All right now on