Tonight from the heart of times square, this is cnns new years eve live with appearances by usher, ellie golding, kevin hart, patti lupone, Patti Labelle, jean smart, john stamos, jennifer lewis, amy sedaris, tenacious d, nick cannon, ava max, samuel l. Jackson, plus more surprises. And now live from new york city, your hosts, Anderson Cooper and andy cohen. And welcome, everybody, to times square in new york city. Anderson cooper here. Im andy cohen. They brought us back for another year. They did. Yes, they did. With stipulations. Some stipulations this year. Well get into that. Yeah. Theres fine print. Yes. It is a balmy night here in new york. Its almost like 50 degrees. Yes, it is. I was schmitzing. I got rid of my coat. We were all prepared for it to get colder. The crowd has been assembling for hours here in times square. Very wet very wet. I would call them flaccid, the crowd. Okay. Its early. Not the word i would use. And a little early for that word. Okay. Theres plenty of ti
tonight from the heart of times square, this is cnn s new year s eve live with appearances by usher, ellie golding, kevin hart, patti lupone, patti labelle, jean smart, john stamos, jennifer lewis, amy sedaris, tenacious d, nick cannon, ava max, samuel l. jackson, plus more surprises. and now live from new york city, your hosts, anderson cooper and andy cohen. and welcome, everybody, to times square in new york city. anderson cooper here. i m andy cohen. they brought us back for another year. they did. yes, they did. with stipulations. some stipulations this year. we ll get into that. yeah. there s fine print. yes. it is a balmy night here in new york. it s almost like 50 degrees. yes, it is. i was schmitzing. i got rid of my coat. we were all prepared for it to get colder. the crowd has been assembling for hours here in times square. very wet very wet. i would call them flaccid, the crowd. okay. it s early. not the word i would use.
republican candidate in new mexico visited homes of democratic officials before targeting those homes with gun fire. this morning, still no word on how lisa marie presley died. the coroner deferred a ruling asking for more time to investigate. a busy wednesday but first the tragedy on the outskirts of ukraine s capital. 16 people are dead after a helicopter crashed near a kindergarten and residential buildings east of kyiv. three children are among the dead with 15 more being treated in the hospital. the mayor of kyiv now reacting. this is a tragedy. i m not ready to give we inves investigate what happens. let s get straight to clarissa ward live at the scene in ukraine for us. good morning, what s going on? what s the latest there? reporter: don, you can probably see behind me the smoldering wreckage of that kindergarten where the helicopter hit this morning, tragically killing 16 people, all nine people on board the helicopter were killed, including the interior
i m levy reiser in new york. a truly historic, chaotic, and tense night in washington, after four days and 15 rounds of voting, republican kevin mccarthy of california has been elected the next speaker of the house. it began at 10 pm eastern last night, with a vote that saw matt gaetz vote president instead of voting for mccarthy. that was a move kevin mccarthy seems surprised by, as it sunk the california congressman s latest attempts and made him lose that 14th round. tempers then spilled over at another republican congressman, mike rogers of alabama, appeared to lunch at gaetz, and a number member pulled rodgers back. it was then the gop moved to adjourn in order to try to come back monday to do it all over again, but the very last second, there appeared to be a deal reached between gaetz and mccarthy, and a 15th round began. finally, kevin mccarthy won the elusive speakership. let me close with this. i may not know all of you, some of you are new, what i hope one thing
. it s good to see brian stelter back at work. home he. once again, let s look at what the media device as harmed versus what real harm is brady probably didn t hear about the machete attack in new york two days ago. that s right, i said machete. who knew we live in the brazilian rain forest? there was a machete attack in new york, and get this, it was repeat machete attack by a repeat machete attacker who had been arrested several times include the attacking people with machetes. he also attacks people with bea spray which is only supposed to be used on britt bear. he actually likes it. the psycho must be wondering what s it got to take to get arrested in new york. she must be getting machete elbow. days after being released this young black woman was out on th street attack and attacked an older black doorman. not much of a story because the variables are all wrong. she s not extreme in this are for people who dress as vikings at the capital. and then smiled like it was his