good morning it our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m kasie hunt. it is tuesday, january 2, 2024 and we begin with breaking news. japan airlines plane bursting into flames as it touched down at haneda airport according to nhk. cnn s will ripley is live for us in tokyo. will, this just happened. information still coming in. what can you tell us at this hour? reporter: the headline here is that all nearly 400 people on board this plane, as horrific as the pictures look, they walked away. they evacuated safely after what appears to be some sort of a collision between two planes on the runway. this airport sits right next to a japan coast guard base. it is right in the same area right along the bay. and what nhk is reporting and cnn working to confirm independently is that as this japan airliner from a very, very popular tourist destination especially this time of year, especially on a holiday weekend, that is why the plane was packed with 367 passengers an
thanks for being here. i m stephen romo in for yasmin today. it s a busy final day of 2023. just hours before the ball drops, the security is tight in new york s times square. celebrations are set to get underway, despite the heightened threat environment, following the october 7th attack on israel. we are live on the scene with the latest. of course, in many parts of the world, it is already 2024. we will show you the sights and sounds and the hopes so many have for the new year. meanwhile, tensions are high across the red sea at this hour, as the u.s. navy sinks three houthi boats and downed ballistic missiles fired from houthi controlled areas. we will have more on that. legal action in donald trump s world is not stopping. we will reveal that question special counsel jack smith has for an appeals court that took more than 80 pages to ask. and we begin this hour with a countdown to the new year. up to 1 million people are flocking to times square to witness new yor
nothing i can see but you when you dance, dance, dance, girl [laughter] rachel: you guys, sometimes we just talk too much in the commercial break and we we forget that we re actually on tv. pete: uh-huh. i guess we are. [laughter] rachel: and here we are. dance dance, dance, guys. good miles an hour, everybody pete: good morning. rachel: welcome. joey, thanks for filling in for will with. joey: thanks for having me. pete: the second to last fox & friends of 2023 here on december 30th. rachel: yeah. we re so close to the the end o- pete: but we re actually at the end of nothing, okay? [laughter] it s the end of nothing. it s. the end of an arbitrary calendar. it s actually we re heading into madness. wonderful i mean, political season. we re heading into rachel: i don t think it s wonderful madness, i m just going to be really honest. i think the next year is going to be extremely pete: but if you love chaos like mentioner it s going to be great. joey: if you t
welcome to the big weekend show . the big story tonight we are just hours away from ringing in the new year, here is live earth camp, millions of americans and cities coast-to-coast are gearing up to kiss 2023 goodbye and say hello to 2024. of course people still need to be safe, security is top of mind. for law enforcement have the ball drop in time times square. protests continue to loom over the festivities in new york city mayor eric adams is putting those groups on notice to beha behave. we have witnessed a small number of people trying to embed themselves in protest and bringing about protest. this is a city where we clear a and there s no room for breaking laws. you break the law you will have to deal with the new york city police department. fox news correspondent tv cotton is live in times square, chile but beautiful night, happy new year. we are less than five hours from ringing in the new year on the east coast and our people as far as the eye can see, the
welcome to the big weekend show . the big story tonight we are just hours away from ringing in the new year, here is live earth camp, millions of americans and cities coast-to-coast are gearing up to kiss 2023 goodbye and say hello to 2024. of course people still need to be safe, security is top of mind. for law enforcement have the ball drop in time times square. protests continue to loom over the festivities in new york city mayor eric adams is putting those groups on notice to beha behave. we have witnessed a small number of people trying to embed themselves in protest and bringing about protest. this is a city where we clear a and there s no room for breaking laws. you break the law you will have to deal with the new york city police department. fox news correspondent tv cotton is live in times square, chile but beautiful night, happy new year. we are less than five hours from ringing in the new year on the east coast and our people as far as the eye can see, the