Avalanche caught on camera. The couple hiking forced to flee as it comes down. How they scrambled to safety. And its gmas new years rocking morning. And counting down to 2015 with the dynamic duo, Ryan Seacrest and Jenny Mccarthy with everything you need to know to ring in the new year. Plus, taylor swift. Good morning, america. Great crowd out in times square this morning. We like to call this the calm before the crazy. Pretty crazy right now. Yes, it does. And 1 Million People expected right outside our studios tonight to ring in the new year. And this is the year from the famous ball. There it is. Just hours away from dropping. And ginger will be up there later as we count down to 2015. I went up there yesterday. Its cold. Its cold. I can imagine. Its not going to get better tonight. The forecast is coming up. They are celebrating the new year down under, striking midnight in new zealand. A big happy new year to those folks. Beautiful. But not so pretty the arctic blast, snow, ice,
The nfl wants to throw a flag on the fcc which is considering listing the blackout rules that keeps some games off tv unless the stadium is full. Is Technology Already trumping this 40yearold rule . Million shares of facebook are about to hit the market in a secondary offering. It is the first one since the social network went public 18 months ago. Facebook will sell 27 million class a shares and mark sucker berg is selling more than 41 million shares and mark selling 1. 6s million. In a statement, Facebook Says the secondary offering that nearly 4 billion and facebook shares are trading down on this news. Cory johnson is in new york with more in todays drill down. Should investors be worried . I dont know if the stock eating down one percent is a reaction but the float out will go up. Always focus on businesses and nonstocks but the stock has been very interesting because ofre has been a reflection what is going on with the business. As the Company Started to go public, they did not h
Just four days from now. The Syrian National coalition voted yes in istanbul. Their attendance is vi vital. The violence is now spilling over into lebanon. Too much fire and too little water, a dangerous combination for california. In the l. A. Suburb of glendor ga the fire is still burning. Reporter this fire is just one consequence of the severe drought crippling california. Officials hope the governors declaration will help farmers and protect californias 44 billion agriculture industry. Today im declaring a drought emergency in the state of california. Reporter the governor of the state, jerry brown, made the announcement after mounting pressure from applications, Business Leaders and farmers. It means that california can apply now for relief aid from the federal government. The news count come soon enough for farmer paul van leer who has been struggling to feed his cattle on his farm just outside of Santa Barbara. If we dont get rain well nobody dire straits. Were faced with no fe
The Obama Administration is ready to point the finger at north korea for the unprecedented sony hack. A move that could come as early as this morning. Were considering a range of options about how to respond. Among the possible options, more sanctions. The administration insisting the response will be strong. Ky assure you the United States government is not blinking, were not backing down, were not in a crouching or fear position here. Sources tell cnn theres evidence that the hackers stole computer credentials from a sony System Administrator to get access to the companys computer system. The white house said it did not pressure sony to pull the interview, the controversial comedy which depicts the assassination of north korean dictator, kim jongun. Take him out. For coffee, dinner . We believe that kind of artistic expression is worthy of protection. U. S. Officials are considering exactly how to characterize the hack, which some are calling an act of terrorism. I see it as cyberter
Waves his prosthetic leg in their faces. Well have the latest on that as well. The obamas talk about race. In a candid interview with people magazine. The president and first lady discuss brushes with racism. Are they playing the race card . What if they are . Straight ahead. Lets begin with the breaking news. Sony suspended tours of the los angeles studio until january. Because the of security concerns following the hack attack. That its according to the hollywood reporter. Meantime, the Obama Administration may publicly blame north korea for the attack as the early as the tomorrow. Officials tell cnn investigators know how the hackers got in. And we are joined now from seoul, south korea with the latest on this story. So, we are learning tonight that the u. S. Investigators think the hackers use aid sony employee used a sony employees credentials to get in. What can you tell us about that . Reporter it is a targeted attack. If you think about it from the hackers perspective. A smart