proposal, let s see how many more we can get. plus the new year s eve ball going to drop down from a flagpole on the top of the building right behind us. it has been lowered here in times square every year since 1907 two exceptions, 1942 and 1943, due to the war. bill: that ball weighs 12,000 pounds. megyn: 12 feet across. bill: 26 hundred waterford crystals that gives it that unbelievable glow. megyn: 12 feet in diameter which if you turn me to the side is what i am now. with this little baby. bill: stay tuned america. the folks who couldn t miss seeing the ball drop tonight. kimberly: we are live here with fine men and women serving our country, american patriots. we are going to give a shout out to all my corpmen.
megyn: this is exciting. bill: what s up? kimberly: we ve got an engagement here tonight in new york city. give us your names. kelly. keith. kimberly: how long you guys been going out? five years. kimberly: he proposed here times square. five years tonight. kimberly: and he finally popped the question. we met on new year s eve. five years ago today they met. we ve got love in times square tonight everybody. congratulations. thank you. kimberly: everybody congratulations! bill: nothing wrong with waiting. that s okay. megyn: who are you addressing that to? bill: my man keith he just
lot of great rock tunes of the 70s and 80s with symphony and great orchestra and my band of course. i think it turned out well. kimberly: back to you megyn and bill. megyn: he was in the guinness book of world records for fastest violinist. bill: i believe it. meg amazing story rima fakih has an amazing story. bill: from those challenging beginnings this young american went on to be 2010 miss u.s.a. winner. she joins us here in only two minutes. more of the gin blossoms on standby. megyn: stay with us, getting fiery.
bill: katherine mcphee won instant fans with somewhere over the rainbow. 0s later in this program katherine will sing that song for us. it is something to hear, truly. megyn: first she is here to sing a song from her latest album, christmas is the time to say i love you. we go to ainsley earhardt with katherine on 6th avenue. kimberly: thank you ainsley: thank you. katherine mcphee is here with us. we all know her and know her well. habit new year. tell me about the album. so much fun to promote during this holiday season. christmas is a time to say i love you. i i love you. happy to be in new york, fun place to be. ainsley: take it away
i m from colorado, my mom and dad in miami, love you. and my baby waiting for me. love you. thank you, love you mom, dad have a good new year s. kimberly: life that. what a sweetheart. that s what i hope my son will grow up to do. bill: and he shall, i have confidence. megyn: i say you know you are getting old when you look and instead of saying umm, you say his mommy must be so proud. bill: or who is that? new year s eve is the biggest public party in the country. megyn: that is reasonable. that means security is tight to keep the crowds safe. don t forget, new york times square, there was an attempted