And we do say good morning on this new years eve. Im kendis gibson. And im Lauren Lyster in for reena ninan. We begin with the world on alert as people around the globe prepare to ring in 2016. In new york city unprecedented levels of security in times square. Other celebrations canceled around the world. Abcs megan hughes has all the details. Good morning, megan. Reporter kendis, lauren, good morning, the fbi and other officials have been sifting through potential threats leading up to today. Now, theyve expressed particular concern about the safety of americans overseas. In paris, the holiday street party will go on as planned but the fireworks diggs play has been called off. Officials stressing the need for vigilance in the wake of novembers attacks which left 130 dead. I was in paris the week after it happened and the thing is you cant let people like that dictate, you know, your lifestyle and your choices. Reporter this tourist is now in brussel and the mayor there also called off
And events. Ktvu is live at super bowl city where so many people showed up tonight. The police to close the gate. Reporter it is a huge crowd down here. I want to show you we are not far away from the gate. You can see it over there. There are people lined up along the embarcadero. A large police and sheriff presence down here. About 8 45 tonight started rolling through with cars on speakers telling people that they had to move away from the area because the capacity was so large they were closing down the super bowl city. Right now the crowd is just here waiting to spill out on the sraoets waiting for streets waiting for the fireworks to begin. Reporter all night, lines were long. Everyone going through security. The city was fired up. The super bowl touched down with friday nightlights like San Francisco has never seen before. [screaming] lets do it. Reporter bronco fans from the bay area and colorado blazing orange. Been really crazy for the entire week. Everything, everywhere aroun
Presence down here. About 8 45 tonight started rolling through with cars on speakers telling people that they had to move away from the area because the capacity was so large they were closing down the super bowl city. Right now the crowd is just here waiting to spill out on the sraoets waiting for streets waiting for the fireworks to begin. Reporter all night, lines were long. Everyone going through security. The city was fired up. The super bowl touched down with friday nightlights like San Francisco has never seen before. [screaming] lets do it. Reporter bronco fans from the bay area and colorado blazing orange. Been really crazy for the entire week. Everything, everywhere around the city is super bowl, super bowl. It is awesome when it is your team. Reporter in the crowd, fans from north carolina. Panthers reporter putting on their panthers pose. We just got here today but so far, so good. We are excited for the whole weekend. It is absolutely amazing. We only just seen this. Just
Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Were on the road at the hague in the netherlands. But first, to maryland. Where the governor larry hogan has deployed the National Guard in baltimore amid an uprising over the death of freddie gray. Gray died a week after a Police Encounter which his family said left his spine 80 severed at the neck. Police stopped him because he made eye contact with a lieutenant, then ran away. Two weeks of peaceful protest over grays death erupted into violence monday as High School Students threw bricks and rocks at police, and looting and vandalism were reported across the city. Overnight, cars and buildings were burned. Police said 15 officers were injured, though all are expected to recover. At least 27 people were arrested. Governor hogan denounced the protesters as gangs of thugs roaming the streets. Everybody believes we need to get to the answers and resolve the situation, the concern everyone has about w
Died in Police Custody. He was arrested for running. 80 of his spine was dozens of severed. Dozens of people have been arrested, 15 Police Officers were injured and several businesses have burned down. We will go to baltimore for the latest and speak to the reverend Jesse Jackson and former Baltimore City Council President Lawrence Bell. Then to Nobel Peace Prize laureate shirin ebadi here in the hague. For years, shirin ebadi has been of irans most vocal critics. Today she explains why she supports the Iran Nuclear Deal despite being opposed to nuclear power. I do not agree with any of the Nuclear Energy programs. Therefore, [indiscernible] but at the same time, a country that does have an atomic bomb cannot judge in this manner about other countries. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Were on the road at the hague in the netherlands. But first, to maryland. Where the governor larry hogan has deploy