Rope. Speaking about their harrowing experience right here this morning. Crushing defeat. Ronda rouseys failed comeback attempt. A bruising knockout in just 48 seconds. I know the girls cant take my punches. I know that. Whats ahead for rousey now . Hey, good morning, happy new years eve. Paula is off today. Excited as always to have cecilia vega right on the desk here. Great to be here this last saturday of 2016. Thank you. Good morning to everybody. We are just hours away from 2017. A look right now at times square completely empty, you can see it there, security at an all time high ahead of the millions expected to pour in for the big celebration. And at the center of that party, there it is, a live look at the ball which, of course, drops promptly at midnight. And rob is right there. Hes going to have your new years eve forecast coming up. But were going to start here with the latest twists and turns in the russian hacking scandal. President elect donald trump making the extraordin
We begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. Donald trump praising Vladimir Putin tweeting this. Great move on delay by v. Putin. I always knew he was very smart. Putin takes a pass tit for tat expulsions. He says we wont do that. He has a celebration at the kremlin. These are both smart, shrewd guys who are sizing each other up in the ring. Russian hack e beyond the election. They may have access to a power grid in vermont. The first country here to welcome in the new year. The eyes of the world will be on the new years eve ball as it drops in times square. More than a million revelers will be there. Dramatic rescues at knotts berry farm. One rescue after toanother. 21 people. Stuck there since 2 00. New england is covered in deep snow. Lovely to look at but not so nice to shovel. Dont let it run into us. Its a moose on the loose the beast decided to take a jog in montana all that. Closing after 78 years. Some people waited five hours and all that
Perimeter. Thousands of extra officers on guard. We take you inside the command center and the massive operations to keep the millions prepared to watch the ball drop safe. Talk to me baby were counting down to the Biggest Party of the year, Ryan Seacrest is here live in times square only on gma. As we get ready to rock new years eve taking you behind the scenes for the very first look at the times square crystal ball as its lit up for the start of the big party. Youll be naomi crazy crazy hey, good morning, tminus one day till new years eve and final look at the preparations in times square where millions of people are expected to watch the ball drop. And there is the famous crystal ball weighing in at 12,000 pounds. Its got 32,000 l. E. D. Lights which are about to get turned on for the very First Special treat and turn those on before the big drop. See it only here on gma. Theyve been doing this since 1907. Theyll be charging the batteries as we speak. New york city, by the way, tak
Later this afternoon he tweeted out great move of delay by putin. I knew he was smart. We are hearing about the pushback on capitol hill from both sides of the aisle with hearings. Coming up next week to investigate the alleged hacking. Live in northwest washington, richard reeve, abc7 news. Michelle speculation tonight that those sanctions are an attempt by the Obama Administration to box in the president elect. It may not be the only controversy. Q mccray reports that now the sitting president is calling for a huddle next week on the hill to protect the Affordable Care act. Q friction between the Outgoing Administration and the Incoming Trump is setting up the stage for one of the most contentious we have seen. Trump saying im doing my best to disregard presi thought it would be a smooth transition. Not. They turned on one of the strongest allies when john kerry accused Benjamin Netanyahu of preventing peace in the middle east. Then president obama imposed sanctions against russia fo
Thousands of extra officers on guard. We take you inside the command center and the massive operations to keep the millions prepared to watch the ball drop safe. Talk to me baby were counting down to the Biggest Party of the year, Ryan Seacrest is here live in times square only on gma. As we get ready to rock new years eve taking you behind the scenes for the very first look at the times square crystal ball as its lit up for the start of the big party. Youll be naomi crazy crazy hey, good morning, tminus one day till new years eve and final look at the preparations in times square where millions of people are expected to watch the ball drop. And there is the famous crystal ball weighing in at 12,000 pounds. Its got 32,000 l. E. D. Lights which are about to get turned on for the very first time in for a special treat and turn those on before the big drop. See it only here on gma. Theyve been doing this since 1907. Theyll be charging the batteries as we speak. New york city, by the way,