minutes. back in u.s. the traditional indy race car drop pays tribute to the indianapolis 500 suspending a race car and dropping it instead of a ball. further south it is all about the orange. thousands turned out in atlanta, florida to watch the orange drop 120 feet. it was a color bowl celebration on the west coast invegas. new year's celebrations going off there about two hours ago. >> beautiful. >> new year new laws nationwide from gun control to hoover board safety. peter barns from our sister network fox business is here to break it down for us. peter? >> as the ball dropped thousands of new state and federal laws will go into effect. more than 4 dozen of them in texas. in one controversial move it will allow licensed gun owners to carry hand guns openly in most public places a practice known as open carry that 44