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.
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president biden s claim the democrats are the fiscally responsible ones but the polls tend to disagree. plus, it seems every day records of the southern border are being shattered. bill melugin has new numbers. the cbp tried to quietly release. the common sense department will take a closer look at what s really behind the staggering new stats. and, as crime surges, the epicenter of the defund the police movement is, surprise, surprise, struggling to hire new police officers. fox news @ night investigates why minneapolis and many other cities are having a tough time recruiting cops. we begin with president biden shifting midterm message in his new claim that the so-called mega maga republicans will crash the economy. the white house correspondent kevin corke is live in the nation s capital with more on this. evening. the list of reasons for the country s economic woes continues to expand, at least according to the biden white house which you know at various times has blam
griff: that s a good one. he s definitely going to make the cut, because as you pointed out and i really hadn t thought hard, deep thoughts about the antlers, but we ve got to get milk and cookies up there. oh, perfect, excellent. santa s going to like that. you were talking about the antlers. the antler didn t have one in the middle of its head. carley: one of the reindeer was very top-heavy with the one big antler. griff: i can t wait to touch one. we are moments away. carley: is there a difference between reindeer and caribou? griff: yes. one can fly around the globe and deliver presents, and the other is just caribou. [laughter] todd: i need an audio clip of saying i can t wait to touch a reindeer. that s going to be my new ring tone. i didn t think it was such a big deal until today. carley: we re tracking santa, and he is just over japan or just left japan. believe give just over right now. you can see from this precision map that is santa flying with the reindeer, an