Party watched by billions of people. Tonight the final touches are being put into place. Nbc bay areas ian cull joins us now with a uniquely bay area take on the Opening Ceremony. Ian . Reporter raj, the number of viewers expected tomorrow around the world, 3 billion. Its a night to spend chills down the spines of the viewers and olympians entering the stadium. And even bay area viewers know the feeling well. Reporter the rampup to rio enters its final hour. Tonight the olympic torch arrived. The American Flag raised among other countries. Tomorrow the Opening Ceremony, which has taken five years to coordinate. The executive producer knows the pressure. Everybody is watching from madonna to pope francis to a small village in africa. Reporter the spectacle will feature 206 nations, a special night for olympians and olympians of past american teams. I can remember how hot it was waiting outside to go in, stand manage the line. Reporter anne cribbs of palo alto won a gold medal in the swi
Reporter whats more concerning is Surveillance Video of her abduction sunday night. You can see a man wrestling carlesha to his car as she puts up a fight. Struggling for nearly a block, carlesha was walking home from a family party just before 10 00 when police say the man approached her. It was sickening much thats the only thing you can say. It looks like that he even knew she was coming around that corner he park his car then back for her. When they got in the back of the car you heard like a tap, tap, pat, pat. Whatever it was like two of them and then a back window came out. Report roar the back passenger side window was smashed or kick out and the car drove off. Eyewitness who doesnt want to show his face called 911. He had been walking the opposite side of the street when he heard her scream. Help me, help me i turned around even just started running up here. I call the cops as, you know, as im like screaming stop, stop, stop hes dragging her to the car. Reporter he says her ab
Offered in the search for Carlesha Gaither. Police have launch add full scale investigation into the abduction on west colter street in germantown. Eyewitness News Reporter diana rocco talked tonight with her family. Let my daughter go. Whatever it takes, i dont care. Just let her go. Bring her back safely thats all we just want her to come back safely report roar distraught family has no idea where 22 year old Carlesha Gaither is. Why her . And who could do such a thing. Reporter whats more concerning is Surveillance Video of her abduction sunday night. You can see a man wrestling carlesha to his car as she puts up a fight. Struggling for nearly a block, carlesha was walking home from a family party just before 10 00 when police say the man approached her. It was sickening much thats the only thing you can say. It looks like that he even knew she was coming around that corner he park his car then back for her. When they got in the back of the car you heard like a tap, tap, pat, pat. W
Want the public to see. Jan, good morning. Reporter ukee, erika, good morning. Police continue to search for this 22 year old woman this morning, they tell us they have received tips in this case, but so far, nothing has pants out. So now theyre offering a 10,000 reward for information leading to the capture and conviction of this person who has take then woman. If you take a look at this at this surveillance video, all captured on tape, each frightening step. Police of course have received tips, and theyre looking at this, but they need more help. If you know anything, you should call police, they say carlesha gator last seen, germantown around 10 00 sus dawn sunday night, a man grabs her, kicking, screaming, forcing her into dark colored car. Police say an eyewitness was walking on the other side of the street, as all of this was happening. He says he heard her scream for help, called 911 after noticing the abducting tore had a large knife. Police say freelandgaither fought her attac
Suzanne malveaux continues with newsroom. Happy new year. Welcome back to cnn newsroom. Im suzanne malveaux. We have a lot going on. A deal on the table but not out of the woods yet. All eyes on capitol hill, as the republican controlled the house, rather, convening this hour for the fiscal cliff negotiations. Now Vice President joe biden, he is heading to the hill for talks with the House Democrats. This is a critical moment for the country. Talking about 12 hours after the deadline for the Government Action has passed. The senate okayed a deal wee hours of the morning, prevent middle class income taxes from going up but raise rates on income of more than 400,000 a year for individuals, more than 450,000 for couples. Now, Unemployment Benefits for 2 million americans would be extended for a year. What it does not address is the spending cuts. Lawmakers plan to revisit the difficult issue. That is delayed two months from now. Going to bring you all angles of the story here. Of course f