anchor of a news program in 1976, and her journalism career spanned more than five decades. walters passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by family. but there is also joy and celebrations around the world as countries are starting to ring in the new year. we re counting down until 2023. but it s worth noting, the biggest bash, new york city, always, of course. new york city, come on. it s happening in new york city. gloria is in new york city, is in times square, has been watching people walk in to get ready for tonight. 13 hours, 14 hours, 15 hours early. tell me everything you re seeing right now and why these people have this level of enthusiasm. there s nothing like new york city on new year s eve, and there s no place like times square. i know it sounds like a hard sell, but these folks were here, they re committed. look at them. they re sitting down, taking it easy. i even spotted a couple of people napping. they have several hours to go until the party star
speaking to the un general assembly delivering remarks to the 77th session of the asem blee around 10:35 this morning. the events are close to on time, although it is expected the timing will slide down as the day goes on. the president will take part in bilateral with the un secretary general and shortly after 1:00, give or take, expected to host with the new prime minister of the u.k. beijing considers response to the president s insistence that the u.s. will step in if china invades taiwan. to be clear, sir, u.s. forces, u.s. men and women would defend taiwan in the event of chinese invasion? president biden: yes. that is news to folks on the white house team. he has addressed, he is expected to place china and iran front and center in the comments and despite comments to the contrary, have not shifted vis-a-vis taiwan and china listen to this. when the president of the united states wants to announce policy change, he will do so. believe what we say and not what
i m beeianna golodryga. first if ukraine, another brutal wave of russian attacks across kyiv. explosions heard across the capital are civilians are urged to shelter after a barrage of kamikaze attacks. a pregnant woman was killed. those attacks involving drones and cruise missiles that targeted critical infrastructure, cutting powner some areas. and in china, a third term as the leader of the ruling community party. in his address xi bluntly threatened to seize control of taiwan by force if necessary. that line receiving the biggest applause of his two-hour speech. we ll have more on that speech in just a moment. latest wave of attacks on kyiv. our reports are standing by. let s begin with clarissa ward in kyiv. and clarissa, i want to talk more about the attacks but i want our viewers to look at what you saw firsthand this morning. this is quite clearly a residential building. we have already seen one body being removed from here. we also saw another elderly woman being
helping a woman in the floodwaters. an official says 1,000 people have been rescued so far, and more resources are on their way from the u.s. mainland into puerto rico. an official now saying that some areas have seen record levels of water. more rainfall and rivers even higher than after hurricane maria. jennifer gray is standing by in the weather center for us, but first, let s go live to puerto rico and cnn s leyla santiago, and you re there on the ground. what are you seeing? well, we re in the northeastern part of the island, but i just got back from the southern part of the island, which was really hit hard, and i guess the story right now is that there are catastrophic floods. this has already taken an impact. and it is not over yet. i want to show you video and talk to you about what i saw. this was an area where the national guard had to rescue people overnight. i talked to the mayor. she said they have more than 2,000 families that have been impacted by this, and
for the hand off. laura: america, this is the hannity strip tease. you do a live rap throw to me. sean: hang on one second. i will be right. there i am walking to the next studio. this is how close i am to you. [laughing]. laura: make sure the lighting is shadowiy. i am glad you have a tie on. is this going to be a strip tease every night? sean: it s not a strip tease. laura: take the hour i can t do it. sean: we lost laura s single. i am a talk show host and i never shut up. laura: i am back. no strip tease. doesn t look like it. [laughing]. we are out. sean: good night. laura: wow. lack out tom jones. [laughing]. look out. that s for the really old crowd. samantha noticed you had the same yellow tie on tonight that you were wearing 4 years ago. [laughing]. thank god you threw it off in the middle. sean: can i say one serious thing? you had 5 unbelievable, amazing years here on fox. we are so proud of you. you are a critical part of our team. it is a