[ cheers and applause ] an estimated one million people jammed a frigid times square to ring in 2015. the annual ball drop triggered plenty of hugs and kisses. a whole lot of confetti as well. mayor bill de blasio and his family pushed the ceremonial button. back to new day for their special coverage. the final weeks of 2014 saw protests in major cities across the country. inspired by the deaths of two different blackmen one in ferguson, missouri one in staten island new york, both at the hands of police. the outrage stoked with grand jury decisions not to charge the officers. the families of michael brown and eric garner promise to continue to seek justice. what does the road ahead look like for them? and really for these big groups that have decided to protest and demand justice, demand a change in law enforcement culture. what s it going do lead to? let s discuss where we are, how we move forward we have don lemon, the host of cnn tonight
busy. she had the honor of pushing the ceremonial button to start the countdown. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. happy new year! as always, the crowd erupted and if you had somebody cool to kiss, you kissed them. after the crystal ball reached midnight, and that s not just the only place that was over the top, how about this. this is in dubai. if you don t know much about the persian gulf city, it does everything big. it has the world s tallest skyscraper and it set a guinness record with the largest fireworks show of all time, at least during peace time. the dazzling 30-minute display featured half a million fireworks. they had 400 different locations synchronized by 100 computers.
was suspected of threatening president obama in 2010. investigators believe that garnett shot and killed a plir in mississippi while trying to escape another bank holdup on monday. photo bomb by a shark are a day of shooting photos at the beach june emerson was looking back through her pictures, found this shot of a shark swimming by her son and a friend as they were playing in the water, just feet away, shark sightings are pretty common in california s manhattan beach but emerson says she was shocked when she saw the picture. and supreme court justice sonia sotomayor will lead the final 60-second countdown and press the ceremonial button to lower the iconic new year s eve ball. she is the third woman appointed to the high court and the first
we learned that ed that supreme court justice sonia sotomayor, a native new yorker herself, will be pressing the ceremonial button to lower the times square ball on tuesday night. and at this moment, pedal power is generating the electricity that will light up the renowned crystal ball. since yesterday, volunteers have been pedaling those stationary bikes connected to batteries that will power the orb s 30,000 l.e.d. lights. we re bound to reflect on 2013. a new associated press poll asks, was 2013 better or worse than the year before? on a personal level, 32% say it was better than 2012. 20% say worst. 46% say about the same. as for the country, 25% say it was better. 25% chose worse. 47% saw little difference. and the outlook for 2014, 49% say their lives will improve next year. that s the spirit. 14% say it will be a downgrade from this year, while 34% don t expect much change. barring a sudden meltdown,
square. sotomayor will call out the final 60 seconds and push the ceremonial button to drop this year s new year s ball covered with more than 2,600 crystals and 32,000 lights. i m jami colby. now back to howie and media buzz. it was seven years ago that john harris left his editing job at the washington post with hesita his colleague to launch politico. with his talk about winning the morning and driving the day, how is it changing beltway journalism? we cross the river to sit down with him in politico s news room. john harris, welcome. welcome to our news room, howard. bigger than the last time i was here. politico has come synonymous with the instant nugget, the juicy span. we re trying to expand our