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Perimeter. Thousands of extra officers on guard. We take you inside the command center and the massive operations to keep the millions prepared to watch the ball drop safe. Talk to me baby were counting down to the Biggest Party of the year, Ryan Seacrest is here live in times square only on gma. As we get ready to rock new years eve taking you behind the scenes for the very first look at the times square crystal ball as its lit up for the start of the big party. Youll be naomi crazy crazy hey, good morning, tminus one day till new years eve and final look at the preparations in times square where millions of people are expected to watch the ball drop. And there is the famous crystal ball weighing in at 12,000 pounds. Its got 32,000 l. E. D. Lights which are about to get turned on for the very First Special treat and turn those on before the big drop. See it only here on gma. Theyve been doing this since 1907. Theyll be charging the batteries as we speak. New york city, by the way, tak
Thousands of extra officers on guard. We take you inside the command center and the massive operations to keep the millions prepared to watch the ball drop safe. Talk to me baby were counting down to the Biggest Party of the year, Ryan Seacrest is here live in times square only on gma. As we get ready to rock new years eve taking you behind the scenes for the very first look at the times square crystal ball as its lit up for the start of the big party. Youll be naomi crazy crazy hey, good morning, tminus one day till new years eve and final look at the preparations in times square where millions of people are expected to watch the ball drop. And there is the famous crystal ball weighing in at 12,000 pounds. Its got 32,000 l. E. D. Lights which are about to get turned on for the very first time in for a special treat and turn those on before the big drop. See it only here on gma. Theyve been doing this since 1907. Theyll be charging the batteries as we speak. New york city, by the way,
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Growth of 0. 7 fail so impress investors. And clack action. Shares of novo nordisk sink after a u. S. Law firm files suit against the danish drugmaker over allegations of concealing pricing pressures in its earnings release. Good morning. Welcome to street signs. We want to kick off with breaking data out of germany for the full 2016 gdp data. We are looking at an increase of gdp of 1. 9 year on year. Some forecasts were looking for something as high as 2 . Looking at the components breaking down the picture, private consumption higher by 2 . Government spending by 4. 2 . Now, looking at the household consumption, that was also 2 higher on the year. This follows disappointing retail data we had out a while ago from germany. Overall the gdp figure is higher by 1. 9 . That compares to a forecast coming from reuters for 1. 8 . When you look at the comparison, this figure slightly ahead of expectations. Lets talk a bit also about oil. We have some flashes coming through on norway. Just try