Like we could see our first snow of 2016 wednesday night. 3 3 3 one of the worlds biggest new years eve parties went down without a hitch in new york city overnight. Weijia jiang reports from times square. 3 pkgnats 321 happy new year . ball drops about a Million People from all over the world came new yorks times square to welcome 2016 and to say goodbye to 2015. sot Janessa Williams arizona it was a great experience. Everybody should go at least once sot abe arrillaga reveler ive e en dreaeang since i was a litite kid totoome out here. A blizzard of confetti showered down on visitors to the so called crossroads of the world as the nearly 12thousand pound Waterford Crystal ball made its minute long descent. Many greeted the new year with kisses, while some shed tears. Natsyou may kiss the brideothers got marriedwhile the mayor and his wife kicked up their heels. Revelers enjoyed unseasonably warm weather. And encountered tight security. More than 6 ththsand heheily armed uniformed and
Ahead. Now, good evening. The stage is set. Showers off shore. As the night wears on this rain will come down in the bay area. Now, between now and wednesday afternoon, more than 2 inches of rain is forecasted to fall in the bay area. The next 24 hours feature only relatively light rain in the bay area. Showers will develop tonight. A much stronger system brings heavy rain late tomorrow night. And there will be more storms coming in on wednesday and thursday. Now, rain on the way, there are people loading up with sandbags and getting ready for the storm. Four separate storms expected to hit the bay area this week. You could expect sandbag stations like this one on the peninsula to certainly get busy. They are not taking any chances at the South San Francisco public works building he filled up sandbag after sandbag, bracing for this weeks rain. Why did you have to sandbag . Because of the rain in case there is emergency flooding. Reporter the city provides the sand bag station preof cha
Reporter sheriff says the department who she asked us not to identify for safety reasons has severe injuries to shoulders, hip, and head. I talked with him this morning at length, and hes in good spirits and hes seeing a lot of specialists. Reporter it may have been an ingredient for homemade alcohol and the inmates already seemed to be under the influence. That will lead to new restrictions on prisoners, though shes reluctant since she believes most are cooperative. In fact, many inmates signed this Christmas Card to deputies. Regardless, the sheriff says staffing and jail procedures will change. This is a gang dorm of suspected gang members, and there are there were 80 inmates in that area with one deputy. Thats changing. Reporter the sheriff also says she hopes the new blue ribbon commission, currently evaluating the jail system, will include this latest incident as an example of the ongoing potential danger that jail deputies face every day. Live in milpitas, robert handa, nbc bay
Levels. The deadly and rare wintertime flooding. The Property Damage and the relief in the forecast. And later, airline hero. The pilot who didnt have to turn the entire plane around because he saw upset passengers in the terminal who missed his flight but did he make a uturn and he really saved the day. Its friday, january 1st. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning on this new years day, im lauren lyster. Im phillip mena. Happy new year. Happy new year to you. We spent this new years hanging out here at work. We did. We have the party favors to prove it. We should ring in the new year with 2016. Did not stop the celebrations and it wont stop the celebrations, us being here at work. Lets keep it going. Im sure there are plenty of people that had a wonderful new year still wanting to enjoy fun and some news. Exactly. If you just came home from partying, happy new year. Hear the fireworks going off when it hit midnight. And thankfully could you really . Absolutely
Everywhere in the world. The new years welcomed in new york, times square and many other cities. A few scaled back or canceled events all together fearing terrorism. And those celebrations went on as planned in dubai despite the huge fire engulfing one of the citys biggest hotels. Investigators now trying to figure out what sparked the skyscraper foul. They have ruled out terrorism. The floodwaters in missouri and illinois are beginning to recede. Roads and homes are underwater and transportation through the region is a mess having an impact on the rest of the country. Also in the headlines this morning, a new twist in the case against bill cosby. The comedian is facing his first criminal charges of Sexual Assault after allegations made by more than 50 women. Now theres a new legal battle involving cosbys wife. Camille. Abcs Mara Schiavocampo has the story. Reporter the criminal case against bill cosby playing out in the court of public opinion. After the 78yearold comedian appeared in