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. Abcs Mara Schiavocampo has the story. Reporter the playing out in the court of public opinion. After the 78yearold comedian appeared in court, facing a felony charge of aggravated indecent assault. Reopening this case was our duty. Reporter prosecutors saying cosby sexually assaulted Andrea Constand in 2004, after giving her pills and alcohol at his suburban philadelphia home. Now, cosbys attorney making the media rounds, vowing to fight what she calls an unjustified charge. I have faith in the justice system. Reporter and some of cosbys other accusers, also reacting to i just started
Few scaled back or canceled their events altogether because of terrorism. And the celebrations went on in dubai despite a huge fire in one of the citys biggest hotels. Terrorism has been ruled out as a cause. Flood waters in missouri and illinois are beginning to recede by the disaster is far from over. Roads and homes are under water, and transportation through the region is a mess. Thats having an impact on the rest of the country. Also in the headlines, a new twist in the case against bill cosby. The comedian is facing hits first criminal charges of Sexual Assault after allegations made by more than 50 women. Now theres a new legal battle involving cosbys wife. 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 court, facing a felony charge of aggravated indecent assault. Reopening this case was our duty. Reporter prosecutors saying cosby sexually assaulted Andrea Co
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
Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning and happy new year, everyone. Im phillip mena. Im lauren lyster. Im really enjoying celebrating the new year here with all these great party favors. We should wear on lets see how long we can get away before they tell us to take things off. You guys should tweet us your new years get upups because weve got ours. We certainly do. With that we should get right to our top story and probably this is a little too light for it. A tense but so far uneventful new years around the world. Despite terror warnings people did turn out not letting threats ruin their situations. Thats right. Just hours ago at times square in new york was packed with a million revelers and 6,000 Police Officers. The live pictures here much different scene than last night. Three, two, one. Happy new year its finally 2016. And people around the world are ringing in the new year with those three familiar words. Happy new year. Happy new year. From a jam packed