Citizens of new zealand. In auckland, this is where theyre celebrating new years. The light just went down. All you hobbits out there, we wish you a very happy new year. Its coming our way a little later. There go the fireworks. Yeah, it is officially new years eve. 18 hours ahead of us. Happy 2013 to those folks just a few hours away from us. Good morning, everybody. Im becky quick along with Andrew Ross Sorkin. Joe kernen is joining us from washington, d. C. This morning along with john harwood. Joe, i know you have a huge lineup there. And i know you were up a little late last night, too, right . Yes, becky, very late. You and andrew, i hope you guys are ready for the heavy lifting. Can i ask you a question . Are they over the cliff in new zealand, do you know . Yeah, i guess thats it. The sequester would have gone into effect. No, thats probably only affecting us here, but that shows you how close it is. We are i guess something could happen at 11 00. Well see, beck. Andrew, good t
Thank you for joining us. The top stories we are following this monday, december 31st. If two people are hospitalized after a 2 alarm fire in San Francisco. We will have a live report coming up. The clock is ticking until the socalled fiscal cliff. We will have details on todays the last minute negotiations. It remains cold at specially for tonight. It is a clear start for the morning and we do not have any issues with a visibility. If you are in the north bay there is a good chance that you will stay below the freezing mark. Celebrating new years eve it will be mostly clear conditions. Here is a look at the numbers currently. It is 32 degrees currently in fairfield. I will show you where these numbers are supposed to go for the course of today. We have been minors in a reported stall the upper deck of the bay bridge. It has now been cleared. It did not affect the drive time. Do not expect any Early Morning delays or normal commute patterns. New this morning, off two people are in the
I am grateful to the priest for ushering everyone in. There is suggestion from witnesses during the course of the speed contest there may have been a lane change that led to the collision. Reporter the driver faces reckless driving and speed racing charges. I spoke with an employee of the funeral home and she told me there was another funeral scheduled for this evening but it changed locations and there is diagonal to the front of the building as you can see. Right now construction crews are here boarding it all up. For most of the afternoon traffic was down to one lane but now everything is back to normal. Back to you. All right, thank you. A horrible holiday tragedy. Three people died in a two story townhouse. A couple and their 4yearold granddaughter were trapped on the upper floor. The firefighters arrived in minutes but the entire building was engulfed in flames. The Police Officer tried to help the family but it was too late. This was, some how it got a big head start on us. Burn
Announcer welcome to the wendys postgame report. Here now, bob costas. The redskins ride a sevengame winning streak into the playoffs, where they will host seattle next week. The stars of the game, rg3, threw only 18 times for exactly 100 yards, completing nine, but he did rush six times for 63 and a touchdown. What a night for morris, 33 carries, an even 200 yards and three tds. Deangelo hall did not have an interception, but for most of the game, until dez bryant went out with an injury, he had him single covered and he held him to just four catches. So, that trio from the winning redskins are on the field with michele. Michele robert, you guys were 36. Youve won seven straight and now the nfc east division title. What has been behind this streak . You know, its just a mindset change. When youve got guys like this guy right here, pierre garcon, Deangelo Hall, all these guys coming to work every day, putting it on the line because we knew we couldnt afford to lose one game and we made
Already the new year in new zealand where you can see the fireworks going off there. This is a live picture right now. Were there ringing in the new year. Hard to believe. We are just waking up everybody here in the d. C. Region. They are already partying. There may be people already partying here too. Im sure there are. Good morning. Im sarah simmons. Im wisdom martin. Welcome to fox 5 morning news. Speaking of party, here is a oneman party, tucker barnes. I wish i could party tonight. Have to go to bed at 00. You can party. You just have to suffer the consequences early. I might get started early. It will be cloudy this afternoon but we should warm up and well is have a lot of less winds than yesterday as things have gotten much quieter overnight. Right now, reagan national, 30 degrees. Much of the area has fallen back into the 20s. Dulles is 24. Temperatures in the mid40s later today and more comfortable although well have a lot of clouds around particularly this afternoon. Satellit