happy new year, kevin, how has it been so far? so far so good. like a lot of people i wanted to see what the celebration might be like and i took it in on television, how about you? exactly the same and we did the early version on the west coast. yes, as you take a look there, celebrations all over the globe from rio to london to auckland, to hong kong as the world brings in 2022. beautiful pictures there, look at those fireworks. yeah, really something. i watched, obviously, our coverage over in nashville, which was a tremendous time last night, but from vegas to seattle, new york city. for a lot of americans, this is the one time where hope springs eternal, truly when you think about what the new year might be. we want to leave 2021, a lot of us want to leave 2021 behind and never look back and let s all look into 2022 in a positive way and let s work to make it a better world. absolutely. and good hopes for a new start this year. i agree, kevin. absolutely,
happy new year, gillian. i am anita vogel. live out west as fires rage. we begin with a special new year s eve edition of fox news live with a look at the world ringing in 2022. gillian: millions of americans are revving up to celebrate the new year, even amid a nationwide surge of new covered cases, concerns about the omicron variant front and center for other americans once again this new year s eve. the government putting in place limits on gatherings and for travel, both foreign and domestic. compounding the nation s worry is the testing shortage. people are still waiting in line for hours to get tests, then waiting days to get those results. anita: but we begin at the crossroads of the world where the ball is set to drop in a little less than 11 hours from now, and our laura ingle is live in times square. hi, laura. hello, ladies. welcome to the crossroads of the world, where the crowds are certainly smaller, but they are back this year and they are getti
powerful quake that sent tremors across the entire region. the magnitude 7.8 quake struck before day break in southern turkey nearly the border with syria. the quake and aftershocks collapsing buildings. now a desperate search and rescue efforts under way to find people trapped in piles of rubble. cnn s scott mclean joins us from london. scott, this is one of the strongest quakes to hit turkey in a century, what do we know? reporter: that s right, this part of the turkey, christine, used to earthquakes but nothing like this. this happened in the middle of the night, so people were jolted out of bed with this terrifying shaking. they re finding themselves running out of their houses and apartment buildings into very cold weather. turkey is experiencing an unusual cold snap in that part of the country. andmalatya, they re working to get people of the rubble. with the cold weather, time of the essence, because people were not survive in this kind of cold. we re getting message
good morning, everyone. we start with really serious news this morning. there is devastation happening. the staggering death toll keeps rising in turkey and syria after a catastrophic earthquake. 1300 people are now reported dead and a powerful after shock. it just hit just moments ago. we ll go live to istanbul for the latest on this frantic search. and new fallout from the downing of a chinese spy balloon. president biden is preparing to deliver his second state of the union address. a train loaded with hazardous materials derailing in ohio. thousands of people ordered to evacuate. now a battle is under way to keep that toxic wreckage from exploding. we re going to begin with this. devastating earthquake in turkey and syria. it struck before dawn and collapsed buildings while people were asleep in their beds. just moments ago, just got word of a powerful 7.5 magnitude after shock. there you can see people digging through the rubble. more than 1300 people now reported
will: yet another installment today on our way to easter. pete: making our way to easter. there he is he will be joining us at the top of the hour and at the bottom of the faith and friends concert series and that opening shot clarksville, tennessee just outside fort campbell, so everyone in the 101st airborne good morning, hope you re watching. will: it was an army base of knowledge or i m a new tennesseen? pete: that s army base of knowledge combined with the tennesseen getting his bearings abdomen wanted to show it off a little bit. rachel: we re super-impressed. pete: thank you. will: we have to get to news starting with a fox weather alert. it s now 26 people who are dead after historic outbreak of tornadoes in the south. pete: the path of destruction stretching for more than 100 miles leaving communities in ruins. rachel: fox weather correspondent is on the ground in mississippi. robert, good morning. reporter: good morning to you. the sun is up here this morning in the