Millions are thawing out this morning after celebrations around the country to welcome the new year. Philadelphia hosted its annual Fireworks Show over the delaware river. People also crowded around baltimores chilly inner harbor ring, rather to ring in 2015, but Wendy Gillette shows us the biggest celebration in times square where about a Million People watched the ball drop. Reporter the glittering Waterford Crystal ball dropped over times square ushering in 2015 for the estimated 1 Million People on hand to watch. They came from all over the world. Where are you from . Im from stos kariya. Reporter most arrived to secure their viewing spots earlier in the morning. After going through security they were confined to massive pens where they couldnt leave even to use the bathroom. Officers and bombsniffing dogs were on patrol to keep everyone safe. The temperature felt like it was in the teens and there was nowhere to get warm. I am freezing. Im from florida, born and raised. Im not made for the north. Reporter big acts like taylor swift and oar headlined this years party. Shortly after midnight the streets cleared out and an army of street cleans moved in scooping up and carting away about 50 tons of trash. Well, new years celebrations in china turned deadly after a stampede killed dozens. It happened just before midnight local time. 36 people died in the disaster at shanghais historic waterfront. Nearly 50 more were hurt. The official cause of the stampede still under investigation. But one people said people rushed after coupons that looked like dollar bills. And spotty weather conditions continue to hamper the search for airasia flight 8501. This and its victims. Crews hope to find the wreckage soon to find out what made the flight go down. Tara mergener is in washington. Good morning. Good morning. As soon as they can locate the wreckage, the sooner they can figure out what actually happened. Officials say the their highest priority is recovering the victims. More bodies and numbered coffins were flown to surabaya today for identification. There were 162 people aboard the surabaya surabaya singapore flight. So far 70 bodies have been recovered including this 22yearold Flight Attendant wearing her uniform. Her father said the young woman was on a oneway flight and then was going on vacation. The bodies are being restored in these refrigerated containers until theyre autopsied and identified. Relatives have gathered to wait and provide blood samples for dna to help identify the victims. Wind and heavy rain continue to hamper searchers and their mission. Divers are at standby. Survey on the ocean floor has been flown in to help find the exact location of the wreckage. On new years eve people who gathered in jakarta to ring in the new year also paused to pray for those. They hope once they find the black boxes theyll have some answers. And experts say it may take at least a week to find those black boxes. Annemarie . All right. Tara mergener in washington. Thank you, tara. Crippling cold weather is taking over many parts of the country on this new years day. Temperatures in denver hit the single digits. Some in the southwest are digging out from snow. Bigad shaban is in pasadena, california, where one storm turned violent. Reporter 8foot waves at 40 miles an hour beached several ships off Catalina Island off the california coast. Two people were killed including a Harbor Patrol officer who jumped into the water tuesday night when his boat nearly crashed into the rocks. Then i suddenly heard screaming really loud eerie screaming. One went up and said he went over he went over. Reporter miles east of los angeles snow blanketed parts of San Bernardino county leaving 2 dozen stranded. Drivers tried to navigate through near whiteout conditions in new mexico. Football fans headed to the fiesta bowl were stuck on roads for hours and in pasadena winds send things flying and the cold weather is also rolling through. Morning lows in the 30s could be coldest in the parades 126year history. Cheryl haig traveled from North Carolina to claim her spot early. How long will your group actually camp out here along the parade route . Believe it or not, well be here at least 24 hours. Reporter warming stations will be set up near the area so revelers can thaw out after stopping to smell the roses. An Appeals Court in egypt today ordered the retrial for three journalists working for al gentlemen zero. Zero rah. They were convicted for publishing false news about egypt. North korean kim jongun is calling for improved relations to south korea. In his address hes open to senior public talks or a summit with the south. North korea will continue strengthen its military among international tensions. And palestinian officials want to pursue war crimes against is rew them morning in their latest quest for statehood. The palestinians are joining the International Criminal court. Its after a vote by the u. N. Security council shooting down a resolution to establish a palestinian state. The United States calls the move counterproduction. Israels Prime Minister promises quote, retaliatory steps. A helicopter lowered members of italys coast guard onto the ship to save it. Officials say smugglers put it on auto pilot intending it to crash intending for it to crash into the italian coast. Authorities are now interviewing the passengers to see if the smugglers may be among them. And after the hacking attack on Sony Pictures entertainment, many other companies are worried about similar breaches. Now the fbi is investigating if some have gone too far in responding with whats called revenge hacking. Jan crawford reports. Reporter after the u. S. Government announced in 2012 that iran was behind hacking some of the largest u. S. Banking institutions the banks met with federal officials where according to bloomberg news, an individual from jpmorgan floated a plan. They hit back by taking down the iranian servers. There was a lot of legal questions that came up but somebody did shut down the servers and the fbi is trying to figure out who did it. Reporter thats because under a 330yearold law they cant take action. In 2013 target hackers hacked up to 40 Million Department cants and stole personal data from another 70 million customers costing upwards of 350 million dollar. A recent report by mcafee says hacking costs the Global Economy up to 575 billion annually. Teresa peyton ceo of the Cyber Security form fortilus she said there are dangers for Companies Engaging in vigilanteism. You have no idea what you can be doing taking things offline and doing that. She said it will create a framework for all Companies Facing hacking threats and lead to more clear rules of engagement in todays digital age. Jan crawford, cbs news, washington. Coming up on the morning news, pay raise. We ool show you how millions of American Workers will get a bump in their paycheck in the coming year. This is the cbs morning news. I kept on top of things. I was energetic. Then the chronic, widespread pain drained my energy. My doctor and i agreed moving more helps ease fibromyalgia pain. She also prescribed lyrica. For some patients, lyrica significantly relieves fibromyalgia pain and improves physical function. With less pain i feel better. Lyrica may cause serious allergic reactions or suicidal thoughts or actions. Tell your doctor right away if you have these, new or worsening depression, or unusual changes in mood or behavior. Or swelling, trouble breathing, rash, hives blisters, muscle pain with fever, tired feeling or blurry vision. 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Its not the 15anhour wage increase that many have have been calling for, almost half of the states are increasing minimum wage today. Lauren lyster reports. Reporter from Fast Food Restaurant to retail store, millions of minimum wage workers are getting a pay bump in the new year including jade anderson. Ive been a cashier 20plus years. It will impact me and my family so thats good news. Reporter 23 states will increase. In missouri its going up to 7. 65. In maryland its 8. Add in states with previous wage hikes and 29 will be paying above the federal level of 7. 25 an hour. But many workers want more. Nationwide protests in 2014 called for a 15 an hour federal wage. John oconnor pays his entrylevel employees the state minimum of 8. 38 an hour. He can handle the increase now but dramatic increases would force him and other Small Businesses to raise prices. Its going to change your price on your hamburgers, tire repairs, on the small stuff. Those prices are going to have to go up. As my costs go up, i have to pass it on. Reporter many owners and business workers will see it go up. Many plarn to increase it again next year. Lauren lyster, cbs news, new york. Straight ahead, your thursday morning weather. And in sports Mississippi State launches a prayer to try and take the orange bowl. It. I did it too. They took natures bounty hair skin and nails its a Vitamin Supplement that nourishes from the inside. With biotin for beautiful hair and strong nails. And vitamin c and e for vibrant skin. Give it a month, if your hair, skin and nails dont look and feel more beautiful well give you your money back. I did it. And i feel beautiful. Take the natures bounty hair, skin and nails challenge visit naturesbounty. Com for details. In delicious gummies too coughing can really be disruptive. Delsym helps silence coughs for a full 12 hours with an advanced time release formula for all day or all night relief. Bianca [cheering] delsym. Silence is relief. 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Quarterback boykin threw a long lateral to wide receiver and he threw a pass to aaron greene for the score. Tcu ended up crushing ninth ranked mississippi, 423. In the fiesta bowl jay a jay ya ran for 134 yards including a 56yard run. They beat arizona 3830 to finish the season 1rks 22. In the nba an overtime win at home for san antonio. It looked like new orleans was headed for a big road win when Anthony Davis put the pelicans ahead with less than a second left. But tim duncan set the game into o. T. With this tip in at the buzzer. The spurs went on to beat the pelicans, 9593. And in the nfl another coaching vacancy. Second year head coach doug marrone resigned after leading the team. He had an optout clause in his contract. A Good Samaritan gets help from a worker nearby who happened to have the tools to free him. Get complete protection. So no matter where you go, or who youre with. Nothing is holding you back. This is nexium level protection™. 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The workers used a sledgehammer to knock out a window and reach him. The man was trying to come out backward and i told him to turn around. We could get him by his feet. He turned around and we pulled him out. The driver was hospitalized with only a broken leg. After the rescue the brick layers went back to work jo and a rare rhinoceros has a stuffy nose. A vet took samples from the 40yearold rhino named know la and gave her an injection of antibiotics. Shes one of only five whitenosed rhinos left in the world. The new years procession featured 175 short legged canines. There was a horse carrying a tiny jockey and hot dugs and buns and other fun outfits. Coming up after your local news on cbs this morning, singer John Mellencamp. The taste of light and fit greek non fat yogurt gives you the power to help make temptation shrink away light and fit greek. With irresistible flavors like strawberry cheesecake never have 80 calories tasted so satisfying light and fit greek. 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But how about the bigger economic picture like jobs and investments. The stock market hit new highs in 2015 and analysts predict theyll bring more. Well continue to see the dow reach newer highs or higher highs. Reporter the Unemployment Rate is at a sixyear low hand they believe companies will ring in the new year with more job openings. But improved economy comes with a price. The federal government will race the price which will make borrowing money more expensive. At the new york stock skpanch, jill wagner cbs news. Coming up after your local news on cbs this morning, jan crawford goes on a road trip with the tampa bay buccaneers. Plus we sit down with singer John Mellencamp on his new album and we talk with twotime oscar winner ben affleck. Thats the cbs morning news for this thursday. Heres a look at the names of the people who make this show possible. Im annemarie green. Have a happy new year. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com a three alarm fire raging at a business in mount locally, local three is living us a live look at the scene. We will have a full report with the details coming up, hi, good morning im ukee washington, ham i 2015. Im quarter von tiehl. Of course we are celebrating new years day to day talking about the annual mummers parade. We have a look at todays plan celebrations and a break down of that parade route. Fire works over penns landing. We will check out some other locations, all around the region, right now lets check out the forecast for the first day of 2015. That was at advice, make sure you are ready because view and conditions you could