And television has been that. They dont pay me enough to deal with animals like this. People are no longer embarrassed to admit they watch television. We have seen the news, and it is us. Slowly but surely, the 1970s are disappearing. The 1980s will be upon us. What a decade it is coming up. Happy new year as you begin the 80s in the television world, the landscape was, on any given evening, 9 out of 10 people were watching only one of three networks. More than 30 Million People are addicted to it. Social critics are mystified by its success. What is it . Its televisions primetime, prairie pot boiler, dallas. A move like that will destroy all of ewing oil, and itll ruin our family name. I assure you, a thought like that never crossed my mind. Brother or no brother, whatever it takes, ill stop you from destroying ewing oil. Dallas really did establish new ground in terms of the weekly, onehour show that literally captivated america for 13 years. Dallas is a Television Show which in some
Good morning. Welcome to the pulse. We are live from bloombergs European Headquarters. Francine to our top story, the ecb turns the screws on greece. The European Central bank announced that it will restrict loans to the nation. Guy that announcement came just hours after the greek finance minister met with the ecb president , mario draghi. Varoufakis meets with Wolfgang Scheibe today. Joining us now is hans nichols in berlin. This could be the meeting that everybody has been waiting to hear about. We thought draghi was going to be interesting. Scheibe is going to be fascinating. Hans he is going into this meeting and they appear to have consensus from their european partners. That is that greece should potentially stay in the bailout program. And if they leave, they will be consequences. They are not going to be able to use greek debt as collateral with the ecb. That is going to drive up there borrowing cost. They may face a liquidity crunch. What is greeces plan . Even if they get th
Now in leesburg, over toward gaithersburg, montgomery county, and parts north and west of there. Weve had some reports of up to a quarter to a half inch of ice on tree limbs and power lines. Most of the roads, though, have stayed pretty much ice free because the rain came down hard. Theyve been treated well. Look at our temperatures we are hovering around the low 30s in washington, right near freezing in prince georges county. But its just near 30 in montgomery county. So this is critical. Its right near the freezing mark. And points west and north, as well, right near the freezing mark. The headlines this morning, well have icing ending by mid morning. Then a warmer afternoon. Then a look at that weekend storm. Thats coming up. Danella, any accidents . No, pretty quiet in the area. Thats great news. In the first 4 traffic center, i am tracking construction thats blocking down south blocking southbound lanes. This is route 29, lee highway. Its shut down at north lexington street. Thats
Sfdz. You are looking live at picture of times square in new york city 2013 Just Moments Away listen in and watch as away listen in and watch as they ring in the new [ yelling] 2013 has arrived. In the united states. And new york city. We are now just 3 hours away. Ball that dropped is 12 neat diameter and weighs almost 12,000 pounds covered with 2600 water ford crystal triangle. Couple sharing a kiss as we mark the new year. More than one ton of confetti is falling as we speak right now. 100 confetti engineers. Theres mayor bloomberg in times square. 100 confetti engineers. There is a position to oversee it all. 1 Million People in times square with over 1 billion watching throughout the world including you here on coffee tv 20 live on the news at 9. Delighted to ring in the new year with you live. As i said it will be our turn soon. Of course security no problems that we know of in times square thank goodness. But of course very tight there fpl. Uniform plain clothes officers in huge
I think what the world needs now is love. From now on, im going to say exactly what i say, no more mr. Nice guy. Im going to bring bobby down. Im going to have to cut him down if i have to destroy ewing oil to do it. I think each one of us loves the title of peacemaker more than any office in the land. Its one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. So long. For now, dick clark, so long. Lets get it started in here there you go. One more time. Nice job. Sorry if we just blew out your eardrums. Parties across the world last night. No matter what language was spoken, one thing was the same, it was all about the celebration. Abcs Wendy Gillette has the story. Reporter sidney started off the celebrations with a big bang. Almost 7 million worth of fireworks. New zealand also burst into the new year earlier than most countries. With colorful explosions over aucklands sky tower. The party to usher in 2013 spread to asia. Hong kongs victoria harbor hosted its biggest ever fireworks dis