And were counting down to the biggest night of the year, two huge bowl games on the way. Four College Football teams about to go headtohead on the road to the final championship. And its time to rock new years eve, celebrations already starting around the world. A big bash right here in times square tonight. Ryan seacrest live with us, Jenny Mccarthy taking you behind the scenes. Its gmas new years rockin morning as we say good morning, america. Im not going to say it as well as Jenny Mccarthy just said but good morning, america. A little more bounce, amy. Gma weekend anchor dan harris is here, sara haines and tom llamas, as well. All ready to spend new years eve with you. We are counting down to tonights big celebration right here in times square. Take a look at the ball getting ready to drop just hours from now and the first new years celebrations have already kicked off, fireworks welcoming in 2016 in auckland, new zealand. It blows my mind that theyre so far ahead of us. They will
Few scaled back or canceled their events altogether because of terrorism. And the celebrations went on in dubai despite a huge fire in one of the citys biggest hotels. Terrorism has been ruled out as a cause. Flood waters in missouri and illinois are beginning to recede by the disaster is far from over. Roads and homes are under water, and transportation through the region is a mess. Thats having an impact on the rest of the country. Also in the headlines, a new twist in the case against bill cosby. The comedian is facing hits first criminal charges of Sexual Assault after allegations made by more than 50 women. Now theres a new legal battle involving cosbys wife. Abcs Mara Schiavocampo has the story. Reporter the criminal case against bill cosby playing out in the court of public opinion. After the 78yearold comedian appeared in court, facing a felony charge of aggravated indecent assault. Reopening this case was our duty. Reporter prosecutors saying cosby sexually assaulted Andrea Co
Evening of fun and music and the dropping of the crystal ball. There is celebration but also deep concern in citits around the world as wesher in 2016. A massive fire broke out in a high rise hotel in dubai, hours before the midnight fireworks, which went on as scheduled. Police in munich, germany evacuated two train stations after receiving what they called a serious imminent threat of a terror attack. Brussels canceled its party as arrests were made i a terror plot. Security is tighter than ever in new yorks times square, which is jammed with a million people. We have a team of correspondents covering this. Rst, h hly williams who has been following the fire in dubai. The fire broke out on the 20th floor of hotel, engulfing the 63 story luxury hotel and apartment building. The fire apparently began at around 9 30 p. M. Local time. You casee the entire skyscraper lit up. Now, the dubai Authorities Say that they now have the fire under control, and they also say that only one person wa
Will be right back. Welltake some time to look bck at the year that was. 2015 saw americans triumph on the soccer field, and pope francis make his first visit to the states. Ththe was the start of the 2016 president ial campaign, and a pair of deadly terror attacks in paris. [ ex losion ] multie attacks in the city of paris. Many are dead. Many are wounded. The bataclan is where the greatest massacre happened. A whole night of violence. France is today a country at war. U. S. Officials are calling the attacks a game changer. This is an attack on all of humanity. They hit sisites, and in the span of justst2 minutes, darkness fell on the city of light. [ gunfire ] thik was an attack on our very way of life. This was an attack on the way the west lives. The staff at charlie hebdo, theyre going to publish a3 normal in an act of defiance. Could an attack like paris happen here in the u. S. . On a couple of levels. Ill take a bullet before you do, thats for damn sure. His was supposed to be
And we do say good morning on this new years eve. Im kendis gibson. And im Lauren Lyster in for reena ninan. We begin with the world on alert as people around the globe prepare to ring in 2016. In new york city unprecedented levels of security in times square. Other celebrations canceled around the world. Abcs megan hughes has all the details. Good morning, megan. Reporter kendis, lauren, good morning, the fbi and other officials have been sifting through potential threats leading up to today. Now, theyve expressed particular concern about the safety of americans overseas. In paris, the holiday street party will go on as planned but the fireworks diggs play has been called off. Officials stressing the need for vigilance in the wake of novembers attacks which left 130 dead. I was in paris the week after it happened and the thing is you cant let people like that dictate, you know, your lifestyle and your choices. Reporter this tourist is now in brussel and the mayor there also called off