much. the next hour of cnn this morning starts now. happy new year s eve. i m victor blackwell. emma walker is anchoring later this afternoon. we are just hours away from 2024 in the u.s., but look at this sydney, australia, is celebrating right now. it s just after midnight there. we re seeing all the fireworks. let s take a moment and watch and listen. . all right. fantastic fireworks show over the sydney harbor. sydney one of the first major cities in the world to celebrate the new year heading into 2024. 16 hours before we do here on the east coast. happy new year to everybody there in sydney. let s come back home now and start with new york city putting the finishing touches on its preparations for the iconic new year s eve ball drop in times square. brinn gingras is up early on a sunday morning for us. brinn, happy early new year to you. what were you seeing? reporter: you, too, victor. thanks for that introduction. i appreciate it. listen, i m in th
this is just incredible to see. such an elab rit display and celebration there in dubai. that is wow, just impressive to watch that, as they ring in the new year, 2024, in the uae. this is dubai, just i m speechless. so cool. all right, and we re going to stick with the celebrations around the world. let s go to scott mclean in georgia, where just moments ago, you all rang in the new year as w well. what s with your glasses? is that santa on your head? a lot of explaining to do here. but basically, let me set the scene and then i ll explain the glasses. we re watching some georgian performances happening here on the stage. this is first republic square, the times square of tubleesy. you can see the crowd has been lined up here for hours and in the sky, there s a fireworks display still going on. to be honest with you, i have no idea whether this is the official fireworks display or whether this is just very excited fesitive georgians lighting off their own firework
a source tells revenue ron dumper a close con fi zaunt of prime minister benjamin netanyahu is expected to meet with biden administration officials in washington today. they are going to focus on the next phase of the war. this comes as netanyahu vows a long fight far from ending. the fbi work with law enforcement officials in colorado in the wake of threats made against state supreme court justices after they ruled last week that former president donald trump s name be removed from the 2024 presidential ballot. alexei navalny s team says they have made contact with him in a russian prison 2,000 miles away from moscow. he is speaking out for the first time since he got there. this hour of cnn this morning starts now. translator: if someone tells you and they say it all the time, i hear it outside that we are going to stop the war, that the war is over, the war is not over. it will end in total victory. no less than that. october 7th is not over. it is not over. we h
beyond imagining. wildfires, hurricanes, extreme heat. pour water all over it. 2023 was the world woke up to the climate change threat. i don t think anybody can deny the impact of the climate crisis anymore. what have we learned and what will next year look like? plus, landmark pact. world leaders agree to transition away from fossil fuels, the chief driver of the climate crisis. we re not turning back, that is the future. but with loopholes, is that enough? and seeing green, as governments around the world struggle to combat climate change, what role does wall street have to play? who s got to money? unlock that by being able to make it profitable. i ll ask the multimillion investor who s focused on climate change. ray dalio is coming up. hello. i m jake tapper in washington, where the state of our union is sounding a very clear alarm. we are closing out 2023, the year we may look back on as the time that people started to truly grasp that the climate cr
heat. 2023 was the year the world woke up to the climate change threat. i don t think anybody can deny the impact of the climate crisis anymore. what have we learned and what will next year look like? plus, landmark act. world leaders agree to transition away from fossil fuel, the chief driver of the climate crisis. we re not turning back, that is the future. but with loopholes in the agreement, is it enough? former vice president al gore is ahead. and seeing green, as governments around the world struggle to combat climate change, what role does wall street have to play? who s got the money on lock by being able to make it profitable. i ll ask the multibillionaire investor who is focused on climate change. ray dalia is coming up. hello. i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is sounding a very clear alarm. we are closing out 2023, a year we may look back on as the time that people started to truly grasp that the climate crisis is here and