we begin in memphis. the parents of tyre nichols are demanding justice as they prepare to bury their son. the funeral hours from now. you are looking at live pictures now from memphis. a church where the service will be held. the nation still reeling from the horrific video of police officers beating and kicking him and there is new developments this morning to tell you about. cnn has obtained the initial police report which was much different from what we saw on that video. cnn has also learned that the city of memphis is preparing to release more videos. civil rights leaders, the vice president mike pence set to attend the funeral. last night tyre s family spoke at the sanctuary where the dr. mart hear martin luther king gave his speech the eve of his as says nation. protect my wife. she is fragile right now. we need that. trust me. we got to stay strong for her. so justice for tyre. justice for tyre! justice for tyre! to begin our coverage we bring in shimon prokup
Can buy milk. Prices for food, clothing, houses and more jumped sharply. I bought a sandwich at one point, not even a fancy shop, it was 22. Driven by lingering pandemic supply issues, stronger manned, and perhaps some Price Gouging to. It has hit every american at some point, whether is you personally or someone you know. Worst constant reminder, gas prices. The nationwide average for a gallon climbed over 5 at one point, a new record. Filling up my suv sometimes cost over 100. Thats part . Some parts of the economy that were just coming, unemployment very low. Wages, up, significantly for the first time in a very long time. So, is a Recession Coming . I think its a different no. If you listen to a lot of the economists. I dont even care if theres a Recession Coming. It already feels like we are in a recession. Despite topping 1 Million Deaths in the u. S. , the covid pandemic brought some good news. More than 80 of all americans have now received at least one dose of vaccine. The rat
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.
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