We do begin with the festivities around the globe. City after city, welcoming the new year with a bang. Many of those party goers didnt seem to mind to brave the winter cold for some spectacular fireworks. Heres abcs Tahman Bradley with the latest. Reporter the world rang in 2014 in spectacular fashion. In every corner of the globe dazzling fireworks displays. In australia, a Million People gathered for the show over the sydney opera house. In brazil, a big bash on the copacabana beach. In shy now, a stunning light show at the great wall. Across the u. S. , frigid temperatures didnt stop the wave of celebrations. In new york, revelers packed times square to watched the famed crystal ball drop. Supreme Court Justice sotomayor led the festivities. Chicago welcomed 2014 and braced for at least six inches of snow. In portland, maine, these people braved the cold for a new years eve 5k run and dip in the ocean. Fabulous. Freezing. So fun. Its a great thing to do on new years eve and you bon
If you got your kid an iphone for christmas i did, my stepdaughter is 13 got an iphone. A lot of parents are worried that he or she might abuse it. A mom who may have the ultimate solution. She made her son sign an 18point contract that includes everything from hand the phone over to your parents at 7 30 every night to no porn to mom always knows the password. A lot of parents are taking note this morning. Its going viral. Well tell you about the rest of this creative contract in a few minutes. Speaking of smartphones, weve all heard of the insanely addictive game angry birds. There is a reallife version playing out in the florida everglades. The mischief that vultures are making coming up. I dont want to make those birds angry. We do want to get right to the big digout from the second snowstorm in days. Putting a hamper on a lot of miles an hours americans travel plans. Ginger zee has the latest on what we can expect. Ginger . More than 500 flights were delayed. New storm, and look at
John muller is off today. And im reena ninan, in for diana perez. We begin with the monster winter storm. It has the northeast in its grips this morning. Heres a look at the radar, from d. C. All the way to maine, covered in a lot of snow. This is actually a collision of two storms. One from the midwest. The other, a powerful noreaster, barreling up the coast. This is what it looks like here in new york. A Winter Weather wonderland in times square. Six to eight inches of snow are expected in the big apple by this afternoon. Meanwhile, chicago is digging out from under 18 inches of snow that have fallen since tuesday. But there is now a bigger danger. Temperatures that could hover around zero for days. The blizzard conditions are hammering boston and its suburbs this morning. The National Guard is being called to help. Abcs Marci Gonzalez is braving the elements in massachusetts. Marci, good morning. Reporter good morning, reena and muhammad. As you mentioned, its not just the snow and
Good morning, im Muhammad Lila in for john muller. And im Marci Gonzalez in for diana perez. We begin with the brutal cold. That is sweeping across much of the continent. The latest weather map shows the polar vortex pushing superfrigid air from the north pole as far south as louisiana. Highs today across a wide swath of the midwest will be well below zero. In chicago, where the schools today will be closed, overnight temperatures at minus 20 degrees. St. Louis, heavy snow is falling with forecasters calling for up to a foot of snow. Some folks in st. Louis are resorting to ditching their shoes in favor of crosscountry skis, as you see right there, like this man in university city. We have more from mary bruce in washington. Reporter theres cold and then theres this. Bitter, bonechilling, freezing air sweeping across half of the continental u. S. An arctic blast plunging temperatures to lows not felt in decades. It was just getting nice and balmy, 7 below. Reporter wind chill warnings.
Leader, harry reid, lashed out at house speaker, john boehner, accusing him of running a dictatorship. John boehner seems to care more about his leadership than keeping the country on a secure footing. Republicans arent about to write a blank check for anything Senate Democrats put forward just because we find ourselves at the edge of the cliff. That wouldnt be fair to the American People. Reporter president obama flew home early from his hawaii vacation yesterday. Speaker boehner called the house back into town for an unusual sunday session. But members of congress understand the 11thhour actions may not be enough to appease the public. The American People have a right to be very upset with this congress. Reporter the fiscal cliff would bring massive tax increases and deep spending cuts. The Treasury Department would have trouble paying its bills. Many economists worry the financial woes would plunge the u. S. Back into a recession. Just one possible effect of the fiscal cliff. Milk p