Tonight from the heart of times square, this is cnns new years 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. Im andy cohen. They brought us back for another year. They did. Yes, they did. With stipulations. Some stipulations this year. Well get into that. Yeah. Theres fine print. Yes. It is a balmy night here in new york. Its 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. Its early. Not the word i would use. And a little early for that word. Okay. Theres plenty of ti
Several People Killed or wounded in the block. The im had a moment. Welcome to the show us President Joe Biden has urged americans to support tens of billions of dollars and funding for israel and ukraine. Saying they were fighting for democracy in a rare speech from the white tyreses oval office. He stressed backing both was quote, vital for Us National Security fight inside the world was looking to america for leadership. And that the us couldnt afford to abandon its allies, not American Leadership is what holds the world together. American alliances, what keep us, americans say american values, what make us a partner the nation you want to work with to put all that a risk and we walk away from ukraine. Return our backs on israel. Its just not worth it. Thats why the more im going to send to congress an urgent budget request to fund another dispatch. So security needs to support are critical partners, including israel and ukraine. Is a smart investment is going to pay dividends for a
Continued u. S. Support for ukraine. Good evening, everyone. Thank you for the introduction. Thank you for your contribution to science and education at the polytechnic institute. I am so grateful to be here. Today, it is many days since putin launched this war. Ukraine has demonstrated remarkable heroism and suffered unimaginable loss. A year ago, i spoke about how you aggression against ukraine has led to strategic failure and what it would take to assure its safety. Today i am here to speak about ukraines success. The ukrainian people can and will achieve their vision for the future. To secure democracy, integrated into the european community, firmly in control of their destiny. It is a critical moment. Putin is ramping up another offensive against ukraine. Sending wave after wave of russian soldiers, iranian drones, artillery and tanks, missiles, fighter jets, machines and parts supplied by china. The following weeks and months will demand a great deal. The people have sacrificed s
Secretary of state Antony Blinken met with the countries president zelenskyy. Secretary blinken spoke about continued u. S. Support for ukraine. Good evening, everyone. Thank you for the introduction. Thank you for your contribution to science and education at the polytechnic institute. I am so grateful to be here. Today, it is many days since putin launched this war. Ukraine has demonstrated remarkable heroism and suffered unimaginable loss. A year ago, i spoke about how you aggression against ukraine has led to strategic failure and what it would take to assure its safety. Today i am here to speak about ukraines success. The ukrainian people can and will achieve their vision for the future. To secure democracy, integrated into the european community, firmly in control of their destiny. It is a critical moment. Putin is ramping up another offensive against ukraine. Sending wave after wave of russian soldiers, iranian drones, artillery and tanks, missiles, fighter jets, machines and pa
Now major delays on the bay bridge. If you are headed into San Francisco. Traffic finally starting to move, but the damage is already done. Traffic backed up. Well into oakland and emeryville. Youre looking at our video from sky fox on the right, left hand side of your screen and on the right hand side of your screen, you can see the backup at the bay bridge. Right now you see how bad that is . There was a car fire on the upper deck of the bay bridge, just west of treasure island. This is a picture of what it looked like. The car was hauled off by a tow truck just a short time ago, but as we were reminding you, traffic is going to be backed up. If youre if youre heading into San Francisco on the bay bridge, youre going to allow yourself need to allow yourself some extra time to cross it because of the lingering traffic effects that remain. From cleaning this up, well continue to follow this story and bring you more information as it becomes available. Well, none of this. More than 12 h