The crowd. The nypd says they have everyone covered and times square will be the safest place to be. A live look here at times square. You can see some of the barricades up. Lights glistening. And its all tourists. New yorkers know well enough to avoid the scene. Where do they go to the rest room . Thats the problem. Ive been down there. Once you leave your pen, they dont let you go back. So i would say bring a catheter. Or depends. It works. Some experience . No. All right. Things you learn on the overnight show about new reporters. Its been quite a year in sports from scandals to victories. Stay tuned for our look back. The year in pictures from the white house. Photos that tell Great Stories about the president , his politics and his family. And later, some other pictures that are revealing so much about your favorite celebrities. Who is exposing themselves and why. Youre watching world news now. Announcer world news now weather brought to you by mucinex fastfax. 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As part of the new years celebration, the white houses official photographer has released a collection of favorite photos from this year. Abcs devin dwyer gives us a look. Reporter they are hidden moments behind the history in 2014. Inside the corridors of power. An ebola meeting on the white house patio. Weekend casual with jeans, even feet on the table in the oval office. This mob scene as democrats grab the president for attention. It was a tumultuous year for barack obama. Challenges even behind the scenes. Crises in ukraine, iraq and syria. Ferguson to the border. Ebola. And a political route that left republicans in power. Pensive moments like these captured by a man who lurks in mr. Obamas shadow. A paparazzo able to capture the moments other cameras arent allowed to see. Eruptions of laughter between friends and the first family. This climb aboard are a force one. And rare glimpses of the obamas as parents. A father a mother and a private moment with honest abe. Sousa captures the humor, too. The most famous ears in washingt. Or mr. Obama getting bunny ears of a different kind. For all the political battles, a reminder the president in the white house is a human being. A kiss under the mistletoe. A hunger for those moments of peace and quiet which in 2015 will certainly be a rare find. Devin dwyer, abc news traveling with the president in honolulu. A great piece from devin dwyer. Beautiful pictures there. There are about 100 photos. All of them on the official white house website. Nice pics. It really does get to capture these moments we dont get to see. A shot like this whith the girls or just coming off air force one. You forget the other side of his life he leads. That he is a dad as well as the leader of the free world. He gets great access and takes beautiful photos. Hes been with the president since the start of the administration. From the year in politics to the year in sports. The highs and the lows and downright scandalous. Abcs Karen Travers will have the years rundown next. Youre watching world news now. Tt2wutnr o4 bt q;[p tt2wutnr o4 a q w4 tt2wutnr o4 bm q e8 tt4wutnr o4 dztq 0yh tt4wutnr o4 entq ] tt4wutnr o4 gzt yzp tt4wutnr o4 hnt it< tt4wutnr o4 iztq d tt4wutnr o4 jntq 1m tt4wutnr o4 lzt x in the mood. It does. Just need some champagne. Not the cheap stuff. Korbel. Talking champagne choices. 2014 has been quite a year for the world of sports. The year of watershe moments and year of scandal. Abcs Karen Travers takes a look back at the year in sports that was. Reporter an historic year in sports on and off the field. The feelgood story of the year that little girl with long braids and a wicked fastball. 13yearold mone davis, of philadelphias haney dragons became the first to pitch a shutout in the Little League world series. Also michael sam became the first openly gay nfl player drafted by the st. Louis rams. Came to tell the world that im an openly proud, gay man. Reporter his time in the pros was short lived. Cut in the preseason and yet to play a regular season game. In new york capping off a seasonlong farewell yankees fans saluted their beloved captain, derek jeter. He retired after 20 seasons, five world series titles. His last game at home provided a storybook ending for a player everyone could root for. Ive lived a dream. Only thing ive ever wanted to be was a shortstop for the new york yankees. Reporter four years after he famously took his talents to south beach, prodigal son lebron james announced he was heading back home to cleveland. Im back reporter major Sports Events captured the attention of the entire world. The Winter Olympics and world kup. The u. S. Mens team beat expectations in brazil. A stellar performance by goal keeper tim howard. Germany went an to win its fourth world cup. A dark side to sports. Donald sterling made these racist comments. Associating with black people reporter which were caught an tape by tmz sports. This led to his lifetime ban from the nba by the new commissioner adam silver. Commissioner Roger Goodell under season all long for how the league handled do edd edd Domestic Violence incidents. After this video surfaced, the ravens rlgsed him and the nfl suspended him indefinitely. I let so many people down because of 30 seconds in my life i cant take back. That suspension was overturned by a judge in late november. Nascar driver tony stewart didnt Face Criminal Charges in the death of fellow driver kevin ward. Ward got out of his vehicle during a dirt track race and was struck and killed by stewarts car. I know what happened, and i know it was an accident. Seattle seahawks crushed Denver Broncos in the super bowl. San Antonio Spurs dominated lebron james and the heat in five games to win their fifth nba title. And the San Francisco giants rode mvp madison baumgarner. That may be the greatest catch ive ever seen. Reporter thats the year in sports. Karen travers, abc news washington. Karen travers knows her sports. She hit every single highlight. It was an eventful year. And i joined the wnba. If you were in the nba, youd only be five games behind the knicks right now. And i wouldnt have biceps like that. Nice gun show. Is one of those ageold questions that feminists and frankly the men who love them have increasingly been getting vocal about. Why is it decent for men to bear their breasts in public but not women . Why . Growing number of celebrity crusaders are demanding equality by bearing it all and taking to social media. Were up all nightline with sara haines. Reporter its the fight for the right to bear almost all. Celebrities going viral by going toms. Taking instagrams attack for bang images of nude breasts. Miley cyrus joining rihanna in the liberation breasts. Using the hashtag free the nipple. Topless men on instagram, no problem. Topless women, no way. Celebrities want attention and they also want to back a certain cause. This particular issue marries those two perfectly. Reporter instagrams policy restricts some nudes and partially nude photos. The site pulling offending pics. Ri hannah was so upset by what she thought were booby trapped rules she quit the site for months. Maybe the super bowl slipup was ahead of its time. Famous nipple pics were once seen as embarrassing wardrobe malfunctions. Now its all about making a statement. 2014 has been a year of going shear. Rihanna made her nipples her number one accessory at the Fashion Awards in november. Instagram sold two of handlers topless snaps earlier this year. That didnt stop the lates night comedienne from posting this mountaintop view friday. The site took it down but he defiantly posted another on less restrictive twitter. Perhaps her act tweet best sums it up on the breast controversy. Taking this don is sexist. I have every right to prove i have a better body than putin. For nightline, im sara haines in new york. What do you think . As a guy, there are few campaigns that i can get behind as much as that one. Im for it. Evaluate, yes. All right. What do you think . Im glad theres no scandalous pictures that rebecca put of eithe this morning on world news now new developments in the crash of airasia flight 8501. From the wreckage in the sea to the heartbreak for victims families. The mysterious crash and the clues revealed overnight. Security fears an new years eve from protests to gonefire and even terrorism. Well have bomb detecting canines, heavily armed counterterrorism teams at many locations. What police and even gun shops are doing to makehe holiday safe. Later, party in style. The best food and drink for your new years eve celebration courtesy of our favorite chief entertainment officer. Its wednesday new years eve, december 31st. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning, everybody. Im Kendis Gibson in for t. J. Holmes. Im reena ninan. Welcome to abc. Good to finally meet you. Good to meet you and good to be here on new years eve with you. I was asking what your new years eve plans are. You says to be with me. Weve got hay lot of breaking news. Lets get started whith the lead story. Slow progress at the crash scene of airasia jet. Recovery teams are slowly pulling bodies and debris from the water complicated by rough weather. All 162 people on board flight 8501 are believed dead. Abcs terry moran is there. Reporter search teams had scoured the tropical waters of the java sea for days and then suddenly in the bright sun, there it was. The debris field. Shards and shapes floating in the waves. Pieces of that lost plane. The wreckage found about six miles from the last point of contact from the plane in Shallow Water about 100 feet deep. And then hours later came the official confirmation. At the airport, body bags were loaded up while at sea, divers enter the water to recover the corpses. All this shown live on local tv traumatizing the families who saw the bloated, broken bodies of loved ones as they followed the news. Their grief was overpowered. One after another fainted. Medical teams doing their best to control the inconsolable. Here the moment a woman is told searchers have found bodies and debris. Back an the tarmac investigators gather everything item. A blue suitcase an oxygen tank. The wreckage of a tragedy. A morgue has been set up to identify the victims and get them back to their loved ones as soon as possible. At the same time investigators are searching for those black boxes which may hold the crucial data to answer the question everybody is asking. What happen terry moran, abc news surabaya indonesia. The investigation and the cause of the crash can now begin. The pilots lost communication with controllers was to ask permission to climb above stormy weather. But it was an experienced pilot even flying through the storm should not have been a problem. Theres speculation the plane broke up in midair. This might explain why we lost contact with this aircraft at 32,000 feet and there was no further communication, noing for thor radar hit. The question is what would have caused that . Was it a bomb . Structural failure . Adding to the theory this was more than just weather, the victims recovered were wearing no clothing. That would indicate they fell a long way after the cabin broke up. As the clues come in stay with abc news for complete coverage. Well take you back to indonesia for the latest in our next half hour. Going to keeper focus overseas and to london where a Terror Threat is forcing a chaenge of security tactics. Fears the famous royal guards to be targitted by isis militants has led to them being moved to positions behind locked gates. Shally those guards would be stationed at century boxes in front of royal residences. Weve seen their tactics which are incredibly penetrating and incredibly dangerous. Heavily armed police are standing watch providing protection for both the royals and those ceremonial guards. The challenge of striking a balance between access to the royals and security. New years eve comes with a special set of security concerns. Crowds drinking and in some places firing bullets into the air can be a toxic brew. And then the year about terrorists. Police departments say theyre ready. Heres abcs janohn ehrlichman. Reporter the countdown to 2015 surnd way with traditions like times square confetti drop and trial runs of the famous crystal ball tested and ready to go. With each new year comes a new set of concerns. In light of recent protests, crime, terrorism and bitter cold weather, communities are being proactive. At the crossroads of the world, new yorks Police Department saying more than a Million People celebrating will be in the safest place in new york city. In addition to officers assigned to traffic and security poifts we will have bomb detect kag nines, heavily armed kornt terrorism teams at many locations. Reporter in the event there are demonstrations, much like the ones in recent weeks when thousands took to the streets protesting the death of two black men by white Officers Police in major cities including boston and new york, saying theyre prepared. In the big easy they are posting signs encouraging people to walk in ground in hopes of discouraging crime there. And at least one gun shop owner says hes foregoing refusing to sell any bullets. I hope to raise awareness and diskorge the random shooting of firearms that seems to be prevalent new years eve. Reporter much the same in south florida. A one bullet kills the Party Campaign under way. The bullet is going to come don and hit somebody. Reporter John Ehrlichman abc news new york. Much of the country is experiencing bad weather to close out the year often with tragic results. In Northern California two people were killed by trees knocked over by strong winds. One woman died when a tree fell into her car. The other victim a man died when a tree crashed into his home. Wind gusts of more than 60 miles an hour have been reported up and down the state. An ice storm in northwest texas caused nearly 200 traffic accidents in a sing