interests. one cia director, george h. w. bush, who was named by gerald ford, later became president himself. this program is two hours. but good evening everyone. my name is ruth robins, it s a pleasure to welcome you here tonight for our program. a couple of quick things first. one is, if you could please put away or cellphones, turned them off silence them and any other electronic devices i would appreciate it. if you are wondering why there are such bright lights in here, it is because you are all going to be tv. c-span is taping tonight, i m kidding. you are not going to be on tv. but when we get to the queue in a, they usually want to bring a mic down, so that they can record it. so if you have a question, just try to wait until they bring the mic to you so you can have to repeat it. the speaker will repeat the question so that you can hear, it but this is so they can hear it or however they work it. our speaker tonight is david rohde barge, who received his ph.d. i
of big ben, where the countdown was projected within the london eye in the lead up to midnight. a spectacular firework display lit up the skies for around 12 minutes in what was thought to be the largest display in europe, with over 12,000 fireworks. there were tributes to the late queen elizabeth, to ukraine s resistance against russian invasion, and 50 years of pride celebrations. the display returned to the banks of the river thames for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic. 0ur correspondent greg mckenzie has been soaking up the atmosphere amongst the many thousands of revellers. i am absolutely speechless. that was a 12 minute spectacular. the biggest firework display in the entire europe having taken place just a few minutes ago, and in an incredible way to start the new year. big ben, the chimes the bongs of the big ben started as did the fireworks over here at the london eye iconic around the world. a 12 minute spectacular extravaganza. i am actually
brazil seeing in 2023 in style. fireworks along the copacabana beach in the countries city of rio dejaneiro. 2 million people there along the seafront. in london, more than 100,000 revellers welcomed in the new year to the chimes of big ben where the countdown was projected within the london eye in the lead up to midnight. a spectacular firework display lit up the skies for around 12 minutes in what was thought to be the largest display in europe with over 12,000 fireworks. there were tributes to the late queen elizabeth, to ukraine s resistance against russian invasion, and 50 years of pride celebrations. the display returned to the banks of the river thames for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic. 0ur correspondent greg mckenzie has been soaking up the atmosphere amongst the many thousands of revellers. i am absolutely speechless. that was a i2 minute spectacular. the biggest firework display in the entire europe having taken place just a few minutes ago, and
celebrations to mark the start of 2023 are being held around the world with rio the latest city to welcome the new year in the past hour. earlier, crowds thronged the streets of capitals from warsaw and stockholm in the east, to brussels, paris, madrid and london where the countdown was projected within the london eye as midnight approached. a spectacular firework display lit up the skies for around 12 minutes, in what was thought to be the largest display in europe, with over 12,000 fireworks. there were tributes to the late queen elizabeth, to ukraine s resistance against russian invasion, and 50 years of pride celebrations. 0ur correspondent greg mckenzie was soaking up the atmosphere amongst the many thousands of revellers on the banks of the river thames. i am absolutely speechless. that was a 12 minute spectacular. the biggest firework display in the entire europe having taken place just a few minutes ago, and in an incredible way to start the new year. big ben, the
very costly for septa he said september has refunded $235,000 in fareness july and spent more than $600,000, leasing railcars from other agencies n august the total cost will likely top one million-dollar. we see what our customers are going through, it is nothing we ever wanted for them. we want them to come back. reporter: some riders say that they will, want full services restored. my go to so i m hoping it the is sooner rather than later. reporter: back here live at jefferson station as commuters are waiting for those regional rail trains. let s talk about cost. he says septa will hopefully recoup that lost money, we re talking more than two million-dollar, at the end of all this due to their contract with hyundai rotem. we spoke about fare and increases, he says because of this issue there should be no fare increase for any passengers. live from jefferson station, greg argos for cbs-3 eyewitness news . lanes are opened on i476, after a tractor trailer accident,