Plenty of blue sky tonight. So the fireworks might be visible, which you know is not always a sure thing on new years or for that matter on the 4th of july when they light up the sky here. Sometimes it lights up the insides of the clouds. Stay tuned. Were going to bring you the craziness coming up in our later newscast. Reporting live, joe vazquez, kpix 5. Thank you, joe. Heres a live look at times square in new york. The annual crystal ball drop happens in less than three hours, at midnight eastern time. Security is tight. Everyone who goes into times square must be scanned with metal detectors. Police have deployed teams of rooftop snipers and dogs that can detect explosive particles after two recent terrorist attacks in the city. Thats not the only concern. Could be one of the coldest celebrations on record. The temperature at midnight in new york will be about 13 degrees and with the wind chill it will feel like 1 below. Back in the bay area, its not bad at all. We will actually wi
Toward 680. People all over the world ushered in the new year with fireworks. Heres a look at the celebration. In mexico city, crowds gathered at the angel of independence. In belgium, fireworks lit up the night sky there. And indonesia, hundreds gathered around the fountain to watch the show. And in new yorkcity, hundreds of thousands braved cold temperatures and packed times times square to watch the iconic ball drop. Reporter by the time it hit midnight, temperature had fallen to a bonechilling 10 degrees in new york city. Security was tight around time square, of course. Times square, of course. And undercover officers and snipers monitored the hotels surrounding times square. With all the tops i see around here. And since they keep comingum and down here every few minutes with dogs and everything, i feel pretty secure. So far, so good. No frostbite. I stopped feeling my toes about 30 minutes okay. I dont know if theyre there or not anymore. Its cold. Now, once the party was over,
Drowned. Investigators have not said how the pool may have been electricically charged. Routine safety and Health Inspections at the pool were done recently in april, june, and july; but they did not include electrical inspections. The North Carolina department of labor says it could be 3, perhaps as long as 4 months before its report is complete. Rosoffs funeral is set for 11 this morning at brown win funeral home in raleigh. Such a terrible story, but we will be following it and the continue. We certainly will. The search is over for a man suspected of killing his teenage son and seriously injuring his exwife. Police found earl valentines body inside a South Carolina motel room. They say he died from a self inflicted gunshot wound. Valentine had been on the run since tuesday after police say he shot and killed his 15yearold son and critically wounded his ex wife, kisha valentine. Confessing to the shootings. Police say, for the First Time Since the shooting, valentines exwife spoke y
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Morning news. Lets find out about that forecast and say good morning to alyssa. Good morning. Good morning, guys. Good morning to you at home as well. We are tracking Tropical Storm julia. It continued to be a Tropical Storm yesterday. Its over water now. Not any of that rain making it into our area this morning. Cant rule out a shower or two throughout the day many we are dry right now. 9 in raleigh and 65 in henderson and your forecast for the day ahead 70 out the door at 8 a. M. 8 at noon and 86 our afternoon high. Not as warm as where we have been the past few days. A closer look and the rain chances in about 10 minutes. Back to you guys. Right now julia is inching its way along the state line. The National Hurricane center expects the storm to bring 2 to 4 inches of rain to the South Carolina through. Any rain could pose a risk of flooding in an area soaked by hermine less than two weeks ago. In georgia a Tropical Storm warning in effect for coastal areas t. Didnt stop fisherman a