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Eric: 2018 coming to a close. just about 35 hours to go. my red new years eve preparations underway in the comics celebration will happen in times square appeared jackie heinrich is that what is called the crossroads of the world. hi, jacqui. >> hey, eric. it is a tradition 112 year strong. it has to off without a hitch. we are testing -- the organizers are testing the ball drop mechanism and the 32 -- [inaudible] low. a billion people watching this on tv tomorrow night to a lot of preparation t...

The big night is almost here as people all over the world prepare to greet 2019. new yorks times square is getting ready for the big ball drop. jackie heinrich is live in times square right now. jackie? >> reporter: hey, jon. there are 25,000 balloons all ready to drop on the crowd tomorrow night. also 3,000 pounds of confetti and, of course, the ball is ready to go. but there are a hot of preparations happening all around us that you cant see, stuff thats going to keep the crowd safe. new years...

A live look at our organizers are preparing for the biggest party of the night. >> hey, chris den 112 years running so it has to go on without a hitch. of course the 32,000 that a billion people will be watching. a backstage pass to all the preparation. i wanted to stop. the thing is i didnt know how. chantix, along with support, helps you quit smoking. chantix reduced my urge to smoke to the point that i could quit. when you try to quit smoking, with or without chantix, you may have nicotine wi...

Kristin: the biggest party of the year in times square is tomorrow night and event organizers and new york city police are working around-the-clock to make sure everything sang place to bring and 29 feet -- jackie heinrich has more on the preparation. how is it looking? reporter: they are so ready. there were 25,000 balloons in the building up their behind me and more than 3000 pounds of confetti ready to drop in the crowd tomorrow night. of course the ball is also ready to drop. a lot of prepar...

Times square among those folks joins us live. >> theres a party out here. 112th year and going strong, did you ever wonder why we dropped the ball in the first place? tradition dates mid 1800s to signal time to sailors to people who didnt have watches, this is more special, bring in the new year, this morning tested the ball drop mechanism signaling start of 2019 and tested 32,000 lights, more than a billion people will be watching on tv tomorrow night. the ball got a makeover ahead of big event...

Committee the president signed his first ten days in office. >> richard made another falsehood that were repealing all of obamas environmental regulations. we kept in place the smog act. we cant talk about the issues without acknowledging that in 2015 the obama administration was sued by 29 states on the air act that were talking about and they lost the case because they didnt consider the cost of that bill as required by section 112 of the clean air act. this is why we are in this place in the ...

Assisted in the thai soccer team rescue in july. his lawyers say musks attempt at the rescue was a pr stunt. s>> musk said sorry, pedo guy, you asked for it. pedo meaning pedophile. his lawyers argue twitter is a platform for hyperbole. unsworth is asking for $75,000. the oldest world war ii veteran has died. richard overton died at 112. his family said he was hospitalized recently with pneumonia. he volunteered with the army and served with the engineer battalion which served on

Whose relationship with russian president putin has been rocky since julys helsinki summit. >> putin feels incredibly emboldened. he feels its time to press his advantage. he put his forces in ukraine, hes taken over crimea. hes now gaining ground in syria. this is russias time in his view. >> u.s. defense officials are taking no chances on whether the russian system works or it does not. they say they are proceeding with a u.s. program to try and match and over-match whatever the russians may b...

Major breakthrough in developing new weapons this year. theres nothing in world like these weapons. and i hope that our new systems will make those used to militaristic and aggressive rhetoric think twice. >> reporter: while moscow says its new generation of nukes are not aimed at threatening anyone, experts fear russia, china, and the u.s. could be on the brink of a new nuclear arms race as tensions between them rise and arms control treaties are scrapped. fred pleitgen, cnn, moscow. >> fred, t...

No matter how personal it might be. that was really something that i know appealed to her. so i think she would have loved that. >> laraine, i am deeply honored that youre on with me. thank you so much. i really appreciate it. >> thank you so much, don. >> the premier of cnn original film "love, gilda." airs tuesday, january 1st, p.m. finally, i want to tell but americas oldest man and oldest world war ii veteran died today at the age of 112. he had been hospitalized in texas with pneumonia ov...