Struggles to understand this tragic death. Five, four and the countdown to new years eve in new yorks times square. Happy new year security tight on the street. In the subways. And up in the air. As excitement grows for a rockin new years eve. It truly is so much fun. The starstudded lineup. Just walk me now. And the take two for mariah carey as we get ready to ring in 2018. Good morning, everyone. Happy new years eve morning. Thank you for being with us on this thats morning of 2017. Dont say it like that. Are you sad about it . No, not at all. If theres one thing i know, drop that happens tonight in times square. Fun fact number one. This is a tradition that dates back to 1907. During that time, seven versions of the ball itself. Until 1995, the ball was lowered manually by six guys with ropes and another guy with a stopwatch. Can you imagine that . It weighs almost 12,000 pounds. Now. The original inception, it was 700 pounds. By the way lovely necklace. Thank you. I was inspished by the times square ball. Tonight, theyre not going to lower the ball. Theyre going to lower adrienne. One more fun fact. The first year the ball dropped it was that was automated was in 1995. It was two seconds late. Heres a decidedly unfun fact. When the ball descends tonight, its likely one of the coldest new years eves ever. We have the forecast and the look ahead to stars performing. And the unprecedented security. Reporter good morning. This is what times square looks like this morning. Where, there is a lot less foot traffic compared to yesterday. Look at the bare cads. As far as the eye can see. Officials work to secure this area ahead of the new years eve celebration. We have also learned that they have closed down the parking garages here. We have seen Police Officers heavily armed with tactical gear. New york city. This morning in the midst of an unprecedented security effort to protect more than 1 Million People expected for todays new years eve celebration. I want to see the ball in the new year. Now, its my dream coming true. Reporter people from across the globe now witnessing nypds security plan in action. Officers in the subways, on the streets, soon in the air. Monitoring the crowds. Abc news granted access to the Operations Center and the network of 10,000 cameras trained on the crossroads of the world. People from nypd. The state police. The fbi. People from amtrak. From new jersey transit. From any agency you can think of is going to be in the Operation Center that night. Reporter bombsniffing dogs will be there to protect the perimeter. That stretches for blocks. This couple visiting from south africa. Obviously its much more since the last time we came here. Because of the new years eve. But we come from south africa, where the crime rate is quite high. Its quite nice to see Police Officers around every single corner. You see them visible. Reporter officials hope these plans prevent a Las Vegasstyle attack from a high perch. The attack along the jogging path. And just this month, the shooting 22 people. Officials will block off 2city blocks. They have never had a perimeter that large for now years eve. Also, for the very first time, dan and paula, the Police Officers will also be screening guests at the hotels and restaurants here in times square. Marcus, thank you. Despite all of the security and despite the freezing temperatures, hundreds of thousands of people will bundle up and hit times square. Its the Biggest Party of the ar. And Erielle Reshef is right there at the ball. With all of the details on tonights big show. Good morning. Reporter good morning, paula and dan. I have to say, its surreal. Standardi i standing under the ball. The ball weighs 12,000 pounds. Can project more than 16 million vibrant colors. The tradition of the ball drop has been around 110 years. Say your goodbyes to 2017. The iconic times square ball is all set to drop on the big night. Three, two, one. Reporter the lights, and the last of more than 2600 waterford crystals now in place 141 feet in the air. More than 1 million revelers expected to pack these streets for the party. Are you ready tonight . Reporter plenty of star power to ring in the new year. Nick jonas. Kelly clarkson. And florida georgia line. Among others all in the lineup. And tonight, a doover for pop diva mariah carey. Taking center stage after the major technical snafu last year. I cant hear it. Ill just go through the motions. Reporter from that icy performance. We didnt have a check for this song. Reporter to promoting this years appearance on social media. The hitmaker seen sledding with her twins in aspen, a day before the big performance. Crowds bracing for the coldest celebration in decades. The balloons, now blown up. 3,000 pounds of confetti tested and tucked away until the clock strikes 12 00. Expected to tune in to watch the festivities, live on tv. But here in times square, with the big party comes big cleanup. Last year, workers picked up 50 tons of debris after the new years celebration. Dan . Paula . Thank you so much. As we said, likely to be one of the coldest new years eves on record. Not just here in new york city. Twothirds of the country in the grips of this diabolical deep freeze. Lets go to cindy fitzgibbon. From our boston affiliate wcvb. Shes in for rob. Good morning to you, dan. Paula, as well. Look at the map behind me. We see wind chill warnings and advisories in every state east of the rockies, except for florida. From the Canadian Border to the gulf coast. The cold is gripping a huge part of the country. Wind chills, all the minus signs. Got down to as cold as 56 degrees below zero in north dakota overnight. As we head towards midni dealing with sub zero wind chills. In new york city, the temperature expected to be 11. That would make it the coldest new years eve in about 55 years. The wind chill, of course, even colder. Dan and paula . Thank you. A new report about what might have sparked the fbis investigation into russia. The New York Times is reporting what a former Trump Campaign adviser is atloejd have told an australian diplomat during a night of heavy drinking. David wright is in West Palm Beach this morning. How significant is this reporting . Reporter good morning, paula and dan. This times story is potentially significant. It suggests what launched the fbi probe into russian meddling was credible intelligence from a trusted foreign ally. It was at this london wine bar, according to the times, that a former Trump Campaign adviser first told a top australian diplomat that russia had political dirt on hillary clinton. May of 2016. Two months before hacked dnc emails started to emerge online. Former trump adviser George Papadopoulos reportedly made the startling revelation to australias ambassador to Great Britain during a night of heavy drinking. The australians supposedly passed that tip along to u. S. Authorities. That piece of intelligence prompted the fbi to launch its investigation. Papadopoulos, who recently pled guilty to lying to the fbi, was part of the Trump Campaigns National Security and Foreign Policy team. Seen here meeting with candidate trump. The president posted a picture of that meeting at the time. But later, disavowed it. I dont remember much about that meeting. It was a very unimportant meeting. Reporter as for papadopoulos, trump insisted few people knew the young, lowlevel volunteer named george who has already proven to be a liar. But papadopoulos was trusted enough t first Foreign Policy speech. Where he outlined his America First approach. I believe an easing of tensions, and improved relations with russia, from a position of strength only is possible. Absolutely possible. Reporter papadopouloss fiance told George Stephanopoulos all of the work he did on behalf of the Trump Campaign was coordinated with top campaign officials. Never took an initiative without the blessing of the campaign. And, you believe that he can demonstrate that . Absolutely, yes. Reporter the president s lawyer declined to comment to abc news about the times story out of respect for the special counsel and his process. Now assuming that the times story is correct, it would mean that the match that lit the fuse of the russia probe was not the dodgy dossier compiled by an ex british spy and paid for by the democrats. But rather was a source inside the Trump Campaign itself. Dan and paula . According to the New York Times reporting papadopoulos fell out of favor with the campaign shortly after that reported meeting with the australian diplomat. What can you tell us . Reporter well, theres no question he was a small player in the Trump Campaign. Just how small is matter of question at this point. The Trump Campaign, since he pled guilty, has been eager to portray him as somebody who was pretty much just a coffee boy. But his wife, as you heard talk to George Stephanopoulos and suggested that he was in touch with steve bannon and michael flynn, all the way throughout the campaign. Paula . A lot to flesh out. David, thank you. For more from the political sphere, lets bring in chief Global Affairs correspondent martha raddatz. Who is in washington. Shes busy getting ready to host this week a little later this morning. Happy new year to you, martha. I would be remiss if same to all of you. So much focus on the question of whether there was collusion between team trump and russia. Its often overlooked that russia continues to indiscriminately target american elections. How serious is the threat . It remains a very, very serious threat. Its something the fbi looks at. Others look at. They want to know what russia is up to. Whether theyre trying to influence people here. People who may not know theyre trying to be influenced. Whether theyre trying to hit social media and whether they continue to try to hack. Im pretty sure that is something the russians will continue to try to do with the midterms coming up. A lot of people worried about that. As you point out, not enough focus on it. Youre going to focus this morning on Foreign Policy. One of the huge issues looming right now on the Foreign Policy front is north korea. Over the holidays, on twitter, the president has been accusing china of secretly shipping oil to the north koreans. How do you see this crisis unfolding in the coming year . Paula and dan, this will be the single biggest year with the north korean conflict. Because, i think, there is no doubt that this year, you will see north korea perfect an icbm capable of carrying a nuclear weapon. This is what they have been trying to do for decades. And this will probably be the year that President Trump has to make decisions about what to do about that. Whether north korea tests or does an Atmospheric Nuclear test is something we have to watch. We have seen the last year, all kinds of threats from both sides. This is the year, i believe, that President Trump will have to make a decision about what to do. This thing could be coming to a head. The stakes could not be higher. Martha. We appreciate your analysis on this sunday morning. You bet. Happy new year. Thank you. Coming up on the show this morning, this week, martha goes one on one with admiral mike mullen. Plus, the powerhouse roundtable breaks down a wild 2017 and whats in store for the new year. All coming up on this week. Martha, thanks again. Over to ron claiborne. The last time well check in with you in 2017. This year. Not forever. Good morning to you, dr. Faris and dr. Harris and dr. Bankert. Not a doctor, by the way. Good morning, everyone. In las vegas. Two security guards were shot to death investigating a disturbance in a room at a hotel casino near the vegas strip. This happened on saturday. The gunman shot the male and female guards and fled on foot. Chased by police through a residential neighborhood where he shot himself in the head. Ndition. Pitalized in Critical Police dont know the motive. The incident was not terror related. In the city of troy in upstate new york, two suspects charged in a savage murder of two women and two children. The youngest just 5 years of age. Killed inside their home the day after christmas. Police say that one of the suspects knew one of the victims. They havent said what triggered the violence. In boston, officials are blaming operator error for the trolley collision that injured 16 people on friday. One train hit into the back of a train in front of it. Passengers were sent sprawling to the floor. The driver responsible has been removed from work until the investigation is completed. Theres no winner in last nights powerball drawing. The jackpot, sorry, paula. It goes to 440 million. Wednesday, the next drawing. But first, a bigger one. Well, one almost as big. Tuesday. The megamillions. Up to 343 million. The odds of winning are about 1 in 259 million for the megamillions. And 1 in 292 million. For the powerball. Good luck. Theres always a chance. Someones got to win it eventually. And this from south carolina. Lottery officials there say a computer glitch on Christmas Day caused machines to spit out a stream of Winning Tickets in the holiday cash add and play game. Theyre not saying how many of those were created. Payout. The lottery has suspended the game. Theyre not paying out the winnings, at least not yet, while the programming error is being investigated. Finally, police in the upstate new york town of brockport, responded to a 911 call about an intruder inside of somebodys home eating cookies. Body cam footage shows the confrontation. Police going in and there he or she is. What is that . Its a squirrel. Its a squirrel. Lunging at the officer. A flying squirrel. They tasered that squirrel. You can hear the squirrel shrieking, dont tase me, bro. If you listen carefully, you can hear him saying it. Dont tase me, bro. Actually, they didnt tase the squirrel. They escorted him outside and let him go. Great shot though. Looked like a flying squirrel. If you live in new york city, you realize, squirrels will eat anything. Cardboard boxes. Bottom of your shoe. They might eat the snow and ice. Thats a seg. Thats a seg. Its what we call in the business a segue. Its a bump. A set. You can spike it. Lets remind everybody who you are. Cindy fitzgibbon from our boston affiliate. Filling in for rob. Happy to have you here. Thank you. Happy to be here. Happy new year. Thank you so much. A little snow yesterday here in new york city. But, a little bit of snow that came through the philadelphia area first. And take a look at what it did on the roadways there. That is just about a one to threeinch snowfall. Man, did it cause big problems. You can see cars piled up there. We had a huge backup on the roads. And take a look at that semi truck there. The cab dangled over the overpass. Just a mess there. It doesnt take a lot of snow to cause big problems. Thats the takeaway this morning. The map, not much activity. From precipitation. We have a Winter Weather advisory. Texas into the Lower Mississippi valley. Rain along the gulf coast. Temperatures are near freezing along Oklahoma City and dallas. Ice is a big concern. If holiday, that is the only concern that we have in terms of precipitation. But obviously, the cold is obviously going to be a big all right. There you go. And, im new here today. Filling in for rob. I came bearing gifts. I only have one pair. Oh. Well fight over two warmers. Sharing is caring. I only have two hands. That is plenty. These hand warmers, coming from the boston area. The patriots are playing the jets in foxboro. It could be the coldest regular season game on record there. On record . The Patriots Organization is handing out 65,000 hand warmers to the fans. Take these back and give them to tom brady. Do you think that any one of us is going to venture outside for any period of time . Never. Not going to happen. Do you think any of us will be up to see the ball drop . Maybe ron. Maybe adrienne. Lets go back to Erielle Reshef. Shes standing by the ball with important guests. E erielle, whats happening . I do have very special guests. Theyre braving the elements with me. Jeff straus. Coproducer of tonights festivities and Michael Craig from waterford. What goes into a night like tonight . A Million People are packing in. Theyre excited to see the performers tonight. We have plans for all year. We have a Million People there. Well all be tifr, fun hats. Well be entertained by the greatest entertainment. We have sugarland. Nick jonas. Camila cabello. Mariah carey coming back for a Second Chance. Amazing year. All ending with tarana burke. The founder of the me too movement. With the mayor. Pushing the crystal button. Lead us into 2018. What a beauty this is. You do so much work leading up to putting this together. What goes into this . And theres a special theme this year i understand. Exactly. We start the day after working on the ball for the next year. This year is special. The fifth year in a tenyear series of the greatest gifts. This year is the gift of serenity. You think about new years. The past. The past year. Looking forward the future. Everybody needs a little bit of peace, tranquility. Calmness. In their life. So this is really a great theme for this year. The gift of serenity. We could all use that. Are these crystals different than the ones we might have at home . No. Made the exact same way in waterford, ireland. Theres 288 new panels put on the ball this year. A total of 2688 make up the entire ball. A 12foot ball. 12,000 pounds. Here all year long. Come to times square and see it. Really terrific. Thank you so, so much for being with us on this freezing cold morning. Happy new year, everybody. Sending it back to you. Happy new year, everybody. I couldnt help. I went to see the ball earlier this week. Those panels look to me like magna tiles. The little triangles. Theyre fun little stois. Spoken like a mother, yes. But thats what it reminded me of. Beautiful. Not as magna tiles not as expensive. I would imagine than waterford crystals. Coming up, the alleged caller under arrest in the swatting hoax. That police say left an innocent man dead. What were learning about the suspect in custody. Arrested more than 1,000 miles away from where the shooting took place. 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Sunshine at 4 00. Mid 20s is where we will top out. It will be in the teens by the time we ring in the new year at midnight. It was a look at the wind chill advisory. It goes into effect at 9 00 tonight and running through tomorrow morning. Some of these will be below zero. It is dangerous cold coming to the d. C. Region. This is tomorrow at 8 00 a. M. Many of us below the freezing mark more below zero, should second frederick towards gaithersburg. As we entered 2018, looks like the cold weather is going nowhere fast. Happy new year. What if more of the came from Renewable Resources . What if the electric grid could detect, fix and even prevent Power Outages . What if our grid were less vulnerable and more secure . What if all these what ifs became a reality . Well, they are. At dominion energy, were completely transforming our power grid and the way we think of energy. To move from what if to whats next. Dominion energy. Welcome back to gma on the last sunday of 2017. Its already next year in new zealand. That always kind of bends my mind a little bit. What, that theres different time zones . All right. When you put it like that. Its not eastern standard time. Theyre 18 hours ahead of us. Can you tell adrienne to stop picking on me . No. Im enjoying this. The fireworks lighting up the sky in auckland. We have a few more hours to go. Were going to have more on that coming up. I make one comment about the new years ball because of her chandelier necklace and then payback. Karma is tough. Its all love. Time zones are tough. Eve morning. We start with what were learning about the suspected swatting case that led to an innocent mans death. A bizarre case. Were learning that the man accused of making the crank call that started the whole tragic chain of events had previously served time for phoning in bomb threats. Marci gonzalez is on the story from our l. A. Bureau. Marci, good morning to you. Reporter dan and paula, good morning. Those threats were made to our abc station in los angeles. This morning, the suspect is being held on a fugitive warrant. As the victims family demands answers. Overnight, outside the house where Wichita Police apparently shot and killed an innocent man after an apparent swatting prank, family and friends gathered to remember the victim. They lost a loved one over a senseless incident. So many things were wrong with this situation from the get go. Reporter andrew finch killed by an officer thursday after 25yearold Tyler Barriss made an alleged hoax call. To 911. They were arguing. Not breathing. Reporter police racing to the address. The caller provided. Finding finch standing at the door. Walk this way. Reporter officers ordering finch to raise his arms. Show your hands Reporter Police say he complies at first. Then drops his hands. An officer opening fire, shooting finch who was unarmed. My son would not have hurt anyone. They did not give him a warning. Reporter police arresting barriss for allegedly making that bogus call. I want answers. I want answers. Reporter police in Southern California say it is not the first time barriss made a misleading and alarming call. He was accused of calling in bomb threats to kabc in 2015. Court records show he was sentenced to more than two years in prison. Now the fbi assisting in the investigation into the wichita case. Investigators looking into whether a dispute between two fake call Authorities Say may have had nothing to do with finch. Obviously, people who play games online. Nothing wrong with that. Its totally unacceptable to crank up Law Enforcement and emergency medical services, et cetera, because youre mad at somebody. Reporter barriss is being held without bail. The officer who fired the shot is on paid administrative leave while the shooting is investigated which is standard procedure. Lets check in on the other big story. The weather. As we head into new years eve. Rob is off this morning. Cindy fitzgibbon is filling in. Good morning, one against. I understand rob is a little taller than i am. Yes. A little. I bring this up because 55 is how much snow they have had in the past week in erie, pennsylvania. Whoa, youre unbelievable. Think about that. It is insane. And you can see the video now. We look at the concerns all that snow is causing. Its piling up on roofs. Flat roofs cant hold that weight. Theyve been clearing off the snow there. Concerned for damage that could occur. If youre wondering about additional snow. Not a lot out there now. Take a look. We have had a little bit coming through indianapolis. A couple of inches. The lakeeffect machine, winding down. To the north, additional snowfall. The bigger concern is the potential for a storm on the east coast toward the thursday of next week and behind that, just more cold air is coming on in. Well have to see how close to the coast this comes. 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It doesnt feel like a job. You look like youre having so much fun. Especially you, jenny. Shes having so much fun every minute of her life. She wakes up fun. I know. I try to find the party and really you gravitate. You found the worlds biggest. And dick, actually, taught us. He did say those legendary words of, we want to make sure that we channel the energy of 1 Million People through the tv. Through the televisions into their homes. She takes that we do that all year. That too. How do you sustain that . Its my drug. Can we namedrop. You have some impressive acts this year. Ciara is hosting. Ciara is hosting from los angeles. Lucy hale from new orleans. Imagine dragons live. Here, we will have mariah and nick jonas and camila cabello, Britney Spears will be in las vegas. We can barely talk in this. Imagine having to sing in this. No. And speaking of singing. How awesome is it that mariah carey came back . She had the courage. Adversity. When i first heard about that, i took a beat. And i thought, this is a great idea. This year, they said we want to make the theme about unity. Especially since the year we had. To me, im like giving her a Second Chance is really a symbol of what we should be doing next year. So youre going to face the coldest temperatures that you have ever experienced. The coldest on record in 50 years. What are you doing to stay warm, besides hug one another . There is one tent not far far from here with one heater. And we one space heater. We sprint to it during commercial breaks. Were like this over the heater. And were talking like this. Your brain is still functioning at high speed. But your mouth wont catch up. Your mouth cant catch up. One of my favorite moments is when you plant one on donny. I know. Where did they meet . Right here. Its special. I know. Im really he said, no more. New years eve would be incomplete without fill in the blank . For me, the sushi dinner at 2 00 a. M. Every year after the show. My new years eve wouldnt be complete without ryan at my side. Aw. Guys. I mean. Flip the switch. Lets go. Happy new year. Happy new year. Thank you. They are a dynamic duo. You can tell they like each other. They love each other. It is. When jenny plants one on donny. Thats a great moment. I wonder if ryan will follow suit . We asked him. He said maybe. Im trying to pitch him to be the new bachelor. Are you serious . Yeah, thats my campaign. Campaign 2018. Probably not going to happen. Tune in to dick clarks new years rockin eve with Ryan Seacrest 2018. Starting tonight. They have a huge lineup. Lots of stars. Coming up, behind the scenes at gma. Is it possible to get some of the chattiest people on earth to sit quietly and about a popular new years resolution coming up. Is that us meditating . Yeah. G up. Is that us meditating . Yeah. Even a swing set standoff. And we covered it, july first, twentyfifteen. Talk to farmers. We know a thing or two because weve seen a thing or two. 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Ah, we can just hang out here. As we enter a new year were on television now. Im going to start paying attention. Many people are making the resolution to start meditating. Just in time, dan has a new book. Its a howto book. Called meditation for fidgety skeptics. Its to make it thank you, vanna. The simple and scientifically validated practice as accessible as possible for the hardest cases. Who better to start with than these guys. Yeah, were clowns. Its 5 00 on a sunday morning, im diving into the routine. Dan always comes to the meetings looking to dapper. I wake up like this. Morning meeting. Jon karl. Hair and makeup. But this is not a normal morning. After the show. And finally, the breaking weather news this morning its time to see if some of the busiest and chattiest people i know, my cohosts, can sit quietly and meditate. I brought in a ringer. Meditation teacher jeff warren. My coauthor on the new book, meditation for fidgety skeptics. Jeff is bowled over by the breadth and velocity of the question. How do you get started . Do i have to do it at the same time every day . Are we meditating today . I didnt dress for that. Can i meditate on the train ride in . Reporter paulas biggest question, will it help her balance her more than fulltime job with her extremely busy home life . My mind is just always racing. I want clarity of thought. Clarity of mind to be more present. That is the great benefit of meditation is what youre describing. Youreay it gives you more space. A little bit more perspective. Youre able to feel the impulse come up, you ride the wave, you dont have to act on it. Reporter we get a sense of how busy paulas mind is when she turns the guided meditation into a sort of call and response. When i hear a distraction. Like i just heard rons stomach growl. What do i do with the distractions . Its helpful to be in a comfortable place. Where you feel not in a dress and heels . Reporter 12 months later, the question, is paula regularly meditating . I gotta say. Ive been in a lot of guided meditation sessions and i have never heard anybody interrupt. To ask questions. Its called playbyplay meditation, people. I dont know she knew you were not supposed to talk. Even if she knew, it wouldnt have made a difference. Its called guided. Theyre supposed to be guiding you. Youre not supposed to guide r me. Und a couple that work one called a threeminute cure. You focus on breath for minute. And then you take yourself to your happy place for a minute. Positive affirmations, usually scripture verses for me. Thats a threeminute cure. I implement tactical breathing. 16second. Whatever is frustrating you. Whether its work or what have you, my kids usually. Usually not my kids. I love you. I love all of you. You love your kids, too. You breathe in for five, hold the frustration for five, release for five. That helps a lot. You were the first people we visited. We went across 18 states. Got this big orange bus. Went all over the country. And, you were perhaps the most challenging people we ran into. Oh, really . Yes. We prefer to say the most memorable. Youre welcome. Its an awesome book. Make sure you get it. And pop news with adrienne is next. No meditation required. None. With adrienne is next. Grab your jacket. Music music music pain from chest congestion can make this. When you have a cold,. Feel like this. Allinone cold symptom relief from tylenol®, the 1 doctor recommended pain relief brand. Tylenol®. Going somewhere . Whoooo. Heres some advice. Tripadvisor now searches more. Than 200 booking sites to find the hotel you want and save you up to 30 . Trust this birds words. But when we brought our daughter home, that was it. Now i have nicoderm cq. The nicoderm cq patch with unique extended release Technology Helps prevent your urge to smoke all day. Its the best thing that ever happened to me. Every great why needs a great how. 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Fans have been piecing together clues. He plays man of the woods. Random. Are you sure thats not man of the woods marketing . No. Man of the woods. He has this new image motw. On his website. Well see what that means. Hell perform at the super bowl halftime show for the First Time Since that, of course, fateful wardrobe malfunction. More about entertainment news. Hollywood has lots of sequels planned. The avengers are back. Joining forces with others in the sequel to age of ultron from 2015. Avengers infinity wars in may. Then theres jurassic world. Falling kingdom. Chris pratt and bryce dallas howard. Mama mia. The sequel from 2008. More abba songs promised. I want to get to the last segment. Before we run out of time. Please do. Bloody mary day is the 1st. Yeah. We have a special guest with us. Bring it in. Bill is here from diaggio. Reserve team. Tell us about the different versions. Three styles here. We have a traditional with vodka, ketel one. One of my favorites here. A bloody maria with don julio tequila in it. And bacon. And bacon. Tequila and bacon a wonderful combination. And this one, a red snapper. With a tanqueray lemon dry gin. Can i eat the olive . Of course you can. Paula didnt care about the fine vodka you brought with you. She cared about the bacon. Bloody mary is all about the garnishes. And what comes with them. Thank you for coming in. Thank you for watching. Happy new year to all of you and all of you. Well see you in 2018, guys. A from abc7 news, this is good morning washington update. Molly good morning, happy new year. I see an cold start. Temperature in alexandria at 17 and elsewhere can still cold. Jeff only want to cover all exposed skin today. Looking to top out in the mid 20s. If you have travel plans, maybe walking to get coffee, it is a very cold start. No sign of a change as we enter 2018. A look at the new years eve forecast. We are in the teens by about midnight. However, the real story and why we could be on weather alert tonight is because of the wind chill advisory that will start at 9 00 and include the entire viewing area and runs through tomorrow morning. Were talking wind chills below zero as we make up tomorrow morning. Here is a look at it 00 a. M. Tomorrow. Gaithersburg, frederick, two degrees. Remember the text, check pets, check on the pipes, and this is the type of cold where you can get frostbite within 30 minutes. If you have those plans for tonight, out after midnight can definitely want to remember to and hat and scarf. Here is a look at the extended forecast. Not too much of a change. Notice temperatures staying in the 20s through tuesday and slightly warmer on wednesday. Possibly make it above the freezing mark. As he had further into the week, cold air remaining in place. Have a happy and safe new year. Prices of the season on the only bed that adjusts on both sides to your ideal comfort your sleep number setting. 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