of scaled back celebrations because of covid. many parts of the world have already ushered in 2023 with dazzling celebrations. just seconds from now, the clock will strike midnight in paris, the city of lights, especially tonight. let s go live to paris right now. now let s go to times square. how is the crowd looking there, gloria? reporter: pamela, it s so exciting. six hours to go. the big crystal ball is being put up right now. i just want to direct our viewers attention right to the top of one times square. that is where the big crystal ball is coming up. you can see it on the screen. 11,000 pounds of waterford crystal. this tradition goes all the way back to 1907. that is when the first crystal ball went down to mark the beginning of the new year. people here are excited. they have been waiting for hours. six more hours to go. i want to show you some of the crowd here. people have been lining up, bundled up. they re excited. this is a really big moment. we re get
a batch of new transcripts. what did donald trump jr. tell the committee? plus, a message from moscow. nearly 70 missiles pierce the ukrainian sky in a massive attack. the target ukraine s energy grid. the objective to force war weary ukrainians to spend the holidays in the pitch black. and the united states revives a covid travel restriction for passengers traveling from china. that s what we re watching this hour. hello, everyone, i m amara walker in for kate bolduan. developing, the january 6th committee releasing deposition transcripts from 19 witnesses, many of them donald trump insiders. now, the list includes the former president s son donald trump jr., kimberly guilfoyle, the former fox anchor and trump jr. s girlfriend. stephanie grisham, alexa farah griffin, stephen miller, a former top adviser, christopher miller, the former acting defense lawyer and paula reid joining us with the latest. what did he tell the committee? a lot of news in this batch of transcri
finds she did defame johnny depp in a 2018 op-ed in the washington post, the jury awarding depp millions in damages. as against amber heard, we the jury award compensatory damages in the amount of $10 million. as depp fans cheered outside the courtroom, another 5 million in punitive damages was awarded. on heard s counter-claim, depp was found liable for a statement by his lawyer claiming heard set up depp. the jury awarded her $2 million in damages. in december heard and depp reached a settlement on the defamation case, but heard said this is not an act of concession. number three, saying good-bye to hollywood legends. actor and comedian bob saget has died. it started with the sudden death of one of tv s most beloved stars. and then olivia newton john lost her battle with cancer. sadly, the list of entertainers we lost this year grew to
both guilty and both said defamatory things. reporter: johnny depp and amber heard s courtroom battle. do you find mr. depp has proven that ms. heard acted with malice, answer, yes. reporter: amber heard stoic as a jury finds she did defame johnny depp in a 2018 op-ed in the washington post. the jury awarding depp millions in damages. as against amber heard, we, the jury, award compensatory damages in the amount of $10 million. reporter: as depp fans cheered outside the courtroom, another 5 million in punitive damages was awarded on herd s counterclaim depp was found liable for a statement by his lawyer claiming heard set up depp. the jury awarded heard $2 million in damages. in december, heard and depp reached a settlement on the defamation case but heard said, this is not an act of concession. number three, saying good-bye to hollywood legends. actor and comedian bob saget has died.