big ben strikes midnight. it s europe s biggest fireworks display and as the countdown began, more than 100,000 people watched along the river thames as the london skyline lit up and the sounds of big ben chimed. you can actually smell the gunpowder the air, you can smell it. it is fireworks night here. big ben, the chimes have rung and we are now officially in 202a. the best show on earth. amazing, indescribable, no words. so worth it, i am loving it so much. this is my first time for london, coming here and seeing this. i i love it, it is so good. this year s theme is unity, a message played from the king. 0ur society is woven from diverse threads. and the london mayor, who thanked those working in the nhs, the police and the fire service. he said the event took months to organise. we have planned this sincejuly. there is a team of 75 who have been working over the last four days. one of our strengths as a city and country is our diversity. we will be celebrating our dive
they were so happy at first, sharing a lovers perched high atop a cliff. but romance turned to danger, she fell from the edge. i would call this an accidental death. but whas it? she said that if anything happens to me, you ll know who did it. a mystery of nearly 20 years heads into court and the husband is on the precipice. did you kill your wife, jody? i did not. what happened on the cliffs edge? hello and welcome to dateline. when police got word that someone had fallen off a cliff, they weren t surprised. the place was known to be dangerous. but even they could not guess that it would take almost 20 years to find out what really happened to a woman out on an evening hike with her husband. here s chris jansen. every couple has it. a shared song, a favorite movie, or maybe a special place. stephen scharf says that for his wife and him jody, this was it. two rocks forming a lover s chair on the edge of a cliff. that was our spot. we would br
the imminent indictment watch on the mar-a-lago documents. i don t think about it, all i know is this, everything i did was right. tonight have got thoughts on trump s real motive for taking all that classified info. then, the winning strategy for candidate desantis. being the most anti vax person on the ballot? we can never allow warp speed to trump informed consent in this country ever again. plus, president biden s oval office address. passing this budget agreement was critical. the states cannot have been higher. and the crazy story of why republicans in iowa have stripped the power from the state auditor? all in starts right now. good evening from new york i m chris hayes. president joe biden just wrapped up a primetime address to the nation from the oval office touting the debt ceiling deal that he brokered with speaker kevin mccarthy this week. a lot of attention has been focused on the swift passage of that bill in the house on wednesday, the senate la
are department brightening our christmases. merry christmas to you guys a. thank you and thank you for you service. merry christmas and thank yo for having us at. they give very much. the third hour, fox & friends starts right now. goof upset. seeing it, y all. that is pastor lindsay williams and divine connection on the li about the boxes where this beautiful christmas morning and that is a you get them started. standing ovation we love every bit of that the beautiful voice of the first is eager and then they all came in. that s the way to celebrate christmas. that will get you in the spirit to start opening presents . it merry christmas a if you re just waking up opening presents thank you for being here. what a great i still and moved it by them singing. that was beautiful and thank them so much for joining us in sharing their gift this christmas morning. as our sunset first christmas. it s a very exciting day for us in our household. we have pictures
and this is dateline. i just can t imagine to be held in captivity. dad, just send the money. that s all they want. they have an american kid. a 14-year-old kid in the middle of the jungle. they re thinking they have the jackpot. they were vacationers turned prisoners. a mother and son, kidnapped by terrorists. we need 10 million u.s. dollars for the release of your family. 10 million, from me? are you losing your mind? a harrowing international hostage drama. this is a big operation, this is not just a drag tag group of people. anything can happen, there are no guarantees. can a father to negotiator to bring them home? prepare for the worst. i m getting worried. i m getting so worried. a lot of people were praying for them. a lot of people were. hello, and welcome to dateline, they were on a dream vacation when suddenly a mother, her teenage son, and a cousin were all kidnapped by a group of men with guns wanting money and lots of it. but the wo