tonight from the heart of times square, this is cnn s new year s eve live with appearances by usher, ellie golding, kevin hart, patti lupone, patti labelle, jean smart, john stamos, jennifer lewis, amy sedaris, tenacious d, nick cannon, ava max, samuel l. jackson, plus more surprises. and now live from new york city, your hosts, anderson cooper and andy cohen. and welcome, everybody, to times square in new york city. anderson cooper here. i m andy cohen. they brought us back for another year. they did. yes, they did. with stipulations. some stipulations this year. we ll get into that. yeah. there s fine print. yes. it is a balmy night here in new york. it s almost like 50 degrees. yes, it is. i was schmitzing. i got rid of my coat. we were all prepared for it to get colder. the crowd has been assembling for hours here in times square. very wet very wet. i would call them flaccid, the crowd. okay. it s early. not the word i would use.
in the show. 1992 was the year of the woman, 2022 might go down as the year of the woman, across the cultural landscape it suddenly became impossible to say just what is or who is a woman that battle over what once was a commonly accepted definition rages on into the new year as i will show you in a moment. the issue that hit the culture heart in march when even as e-mail soon to be a supreme court justice say for sure what a woman is. can you provide a definition for the word woman? i can t. you can t? not in this context. you don t need a biologist t figure this out, even children know what a woman is, take a ki to toy story, the little girl was that i want the girl dulled the little boy will say i want the boy doll, and a few will be drawn to this, but this is another story, don t distract meet the definition of women or women continues to evolve in very odd ways, there was a time when the dictionary could settl this for us and give it a definitive answer this
to an end to the industrial action. progress for the three dads and their campaign for suicide prevention on the curriculum. they visit a school where lessons are already being taught. the race is on in the premier league title race as manchester city beat chelsea to narrow the gap between themselves and leaders arsenal to five points. it might be a wet and windy start to divide upon spots of scotland but todayis divide upon spots of scotland but today is a drier and brighter day for most. it s friday the 6th of january. more revelations from prince harry s autobiography, spare, have emerged, four days before the book is due to be officially released. in the latest leaks, harry says he took cocaine aged 17, killed 25 taliban fighters whilst serving in afghanistan, and that he and his brother william urged their father not to marry camilla. our royal correspondent sarah campbell reports. across the commonwealth, it s prince harry s book which has war in the house of windsor, a
and i m chris rogers the other stories on bbc news. several regions of ukraine occupied by russia begin voting in so called referendums on whether to become part of russia. protests continue across iran after the death of a young woman detained by the morality police . her father says they lied about how she died. and some promising news. scientists say a new type of cancer therapy is looking hopeful. hello, i mjoanna gosling, in westminster ahead of the government s mini budget annoncement this morning. the chancellor kwasi kwarteng is expected to unveil tax cuts and increases in public spending as part of plans to boost economic growth. it s not a full budget that s due later this year but it still has some pretty sizeable changes.let s have a look at what could be announced. the chancellor will confirm it will let people keep more of their earnings by cutting national insurance contributions & go through with the plan to cut corporation tax. the government could als
of carpets that need cleaning today. weird. it is weird how even that holiday is considered divisive these days. and not even by britt s whose limey we kicked, right? i wasn t even born. i wasn t born and i take credit for it. but it s americans who don t like it. it s like only one half of the country gets to enjoy july 4th while the other half trashes, which is fine. if you want to make july for the right wing holiday, we will take it. add james bond birthday. by the way, happy 109. he was great and the joker. but it s not really the case that people hate july 4th. it s just the people with the pedestals who want you to feel ashamed of this country. if you are a fan of america for just one day, somehow that s a dog whistle. you are celebrating the birthday of hitler and not the cool one, steve. i thought it was funny. a guy named steve hitler. he didn t thank of changing his name. they are already mad that you are having fun. you throw-in family time, the old red, white and