in times square, fantastic. we stopped last night at duane reade, we got our cheetos, our cookies, we ve got our candy. it s such an amazing place. how can you overprepare. we re really, really glad to be here. reporter: a little rain did not hurt anybody here. people are excited, we re expecting it to just get even busier with thousands and thousands of people. this is the first full-time, full-capacity new year s eve in times square since the pandemic. david: i just wonder if those folks willing to stand for the next 14 hours in the rain as they wait for the ball to drop, but they re hearty folks. katie byrne, thank you very much. coming up, more on what we are learning about how police tracked down that suspect in the idaho student murders, coming up. and the u.s. to require covid tests for travelers coming in from china as it reopens. but with cases surging in china, should we be worried about a new
be better for the holidays. of course, he was dead wrong. now he and other democrats in the house and the senate want to regulate the airlines even more. i m just wondering if those are the right people to be in charge. we ve had airline regulation in the past, and ironically it was a democrat, president jimmy carter, who deregulated the airlines, and that s what led to cheaper airfares that benefited most americans. no, the answers are almost always wrong. it isn t necessarily taxing more, which is always one of their answers, or giving money away or regulating more. it is just making sure that there s a real level of communication, number one, when money is given away like that which i think is done far too often and, number two, making sure that our secretary of transportation you know, what would you do, dave? you mow there s a big storm coming up. you know there s a big storm coming up, you re the secretary of transportation. you re going to have every airline, you re going
but that is going to change quickly. especially as we get to late this afternoon and on into the overnight hours. there s also a tremendous concern on the coastline where sandy has weakened so many dunes and beaches there. they are expecting structural damage in some areas here along the cape and the eastern shores of massachusetts. big, big storm coming up, a big one. back to you. all right, jim cantore in boston. wall street may be bracing for a blizzard but trading will be on. keep an eye on linked inn today. they shot up more than 10% in after-hours trading thanks to earnings nearly double the street s estimates. boeing edged higher after the bell on news federal regulators gave a green light to limited tests of the 787 dreamliner. officials are still investigating battery problems. see how apple fares a day after green light einhorn called it company out for the stockpile of cash. apple says it s considering his
even reported acid bombs. tonight why president mubarak s message did not calm his country and what to expect next as the world s capital descends towards anarchy. plus, 2000 miles of ice and snow. it stranded drivers, cancelled flights and dumped a huge mess all across the nation. tonight, this groundhog claims spring is coming, chicago may disagree. and news of the big storm coming up. but first from fox this wednesday night, news out of egypt, we are tracking the rapidly deteriorating situation there after thousands of pro-government supporters all of a sudden descend on the streets to fight the regime s critics. it was urban hand-to-hand combat that wept on for hours. about 90 minutes ago, one of our reporters said the military has started firing live tank rounds over the crowd. warning shots so far.