Like we could see our first snow of 2016 wednesday night. 3 3 3 one of the worlds biggest new years eve parties went down without a hitch in new york city overnight. Weijia jiang reports from times square. 3 pkgnats 321 happy new year . ball drops about a Million People from all over the world came new yorks times square to welcome 2016 and to say goodbye to 2015. sot Janessa Williams arizona it was a great experience. Everybody should go at least once sot abe arrillaga reveler ive e en dreaeang since i was a litite kid totoome out here. A blizzard of confetti showered down on visitors to the so called crossroads of the world as the nearly 12thousand pound Waterford Crystal ball made its minute long descent. Many greeted the new year with kisses, while some shed tears. Natsyou may kiss the brideothers got marriedwhile the mayor and his wife kicked up their heels. Revelers enjoyed unseasonably warm weather. And encountered tight security. More than 6 ththsand heheily armed uniformed and
Dazzling designs. The high priced high risk push for commercial Space Tourism suffered a major setback in the Mojave Desert today. Thats where Virgin Galactic spaceshiptwo crashed. Two pilots were on board one died, one was wounded. Tom ackerman reports. This was the second time it flew but only the first time it was supposed to reach the atmosphere, at that point the plane was supposed to separate, ignite its own rocket motor and climb to an altitude of 21,000 meters. Instead the plane crashed into the Mojave Desert floor north of los angeles. One pilot was killed, another injured. I knew when other things werent happening it wasnt because of something did happen, it was because of what i wasnt hearing and wasnt seeing. If there was a huge explosion didnt occur i didnt see it. More than 700 people have paid deposits for a seat board the enterprise which would give them just a few minutes ride in space. The initial cost, 250,000. Were going to get through it. Future rests in many ways
Well post those on our nbc facebook site as well as storm team 4. 17 now. The windchill 1 below. Yes, we have sunshine across the area but throughout those windchills already below zero Gaithersburg Leesburg up through Loudoun County especially north and west. So this is hypothermiatype weather coming up for tomorrow morning. Frostbite within just 30 minutes. The re why were likely to be seeing more delays start times for tomorrow morning. Well talk about how long it will last and snow and ice for the weekend. What a rude awaken today. The bitter cold delayed school buses around Fairfax County today prompting students to get that hashtag going, going, clothesacps. Standing out in the cold hasnt been any easier for adults waiting on a bus or train that may not be coming. Transportation reporter adam is live now at the king street metro station. How are riders coping this afternoon . Reporter its not fun out here and its going to get colder. Some lucky people up on the train, up on the p
Two patients died and at least seven infected. People who had procedures. Involving medical instruments contaminated. A superbug outbreak in Southern California. Nearly 200 patients exposed at Ronald Reagan ucla Medical Center. Numb at this point . So numb. Its miserable. It is dangerously cold yet again and right now over 100 million americans are feeling it. North dakota to florida all the way to upstate new york really, the heart of it is up through the great lakes. We have the potential to reach 30 below. And we have to address the grievances that terrorists exploit. Including economic grievances. A sum aimed at countering violent extremism continues at the white house this morning. The administration is misidentifying the enemy and their motivation. Look at the damage to this portion of the refinery. A devastating blast leveled the exxonmobile facility in Southern California. I felt the blast and just took off. Left everything behind. President obama named int separate secret Serv
Appearance in court. And we begin with breaking news. A commercial spaceship has crashed in the Mojave Desert killing one person. Reporting an inflight anomaly when its spaceship two during a space flight earlier. Two pilots were on board. One person has died, and otherhas suffered a major injury in the crash. This is the second commercial spaceship to crash this week. The first was an unman headed to the International Space station with supplies. Lisa, what do you know about todays crash . Reporter it was during a test flight of spaceship two, Mojave Desert in southern california. The ship was brought up to 50,000 feet by its mother ship. That is called white night, and then its released. At that point spaceship two fired up its rocket anythin engine, and it was supposed to go up in the atmosphere. Just at that firing it appeared that something went terribly wrong, and there was an inplosion, debris startin started falling out of the sky at 50,000 feet. Two pilots on board this aircra