today, thursday, december 31st, 2015. announcer: from nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everybody. it s new year s eve morning. i m savannah guthrie alongside craig melvin, alongside matt. this is the night we fear the most. we have to stay up until midnight. i m going try. i can t believe that 2015 flew by like that. later in the show, we ll tell you how to say good-bye to 2015 in style. our top story is a breaking one. the criminal case against bill cosby after the legendary actor and comedian was arraigned on a sex assault charge. his attorney calls the charge unjustifies. we ll talk to her and the attorney who represents a dozen cosby accusers. first, let s get the latest from good morning, savannah. the prosecutor was racing against the clock to beat an expiring statute of limitations. he said it was cosby s own words from a 2005 deposition that triggered the re-opening of
celebrate the arrival of a new year. today, thursday, december 31st, 2015. announcer: from nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everybody. it s new year s eve morning. i m savannah guthrie alongside craig melvin, alongside matt. this is the night we fear the most. we have to stay up until midnight. i m going try. i can t believe that 2015 flew by like that. later in the show, we ll tell you how to say good-bye to 2015 in style. our top story is a breaking one. the criminal case against bill cosby after the legendary actor and comedian was arraigned on a sex assault charge. his attorney calls the charge unjustifies. we ll talk to her and the cosby accusers. first, let s get the latest from stephanie gosk in pennsylvania. good morning, savannah. the prosecutor was racing against the clock to beat an expiring statute of limitations. he said it was cosby s own words from a 2005 deposit
the vast majority of folks will be having a futurist with friends and metro will be a great option for them. know that metro bus you can ride for free from midnight to 3:00 a.m. you just sugar smart trip card and go on your way with the bus. is not just metro transit police. d.c. police are keep an eye on all the festivities. will have more that tonight at 6:00. brianne carter, abc 7 news. jonathan: new year celebrations already underway here for the children who might be old enough or able to stay enough stashed stay up late enough for the ball drop. alison: this was our park in southeast washington. john gonzalez cut up with a family whose goal for next year is a priceless response. reporter: this is the williams family. how do you feel? it s like midnight. what do you hope for the new year with a family? we have young kids. keep them alive. [laughter] keep themshe meant alive and we can get a full night sleep. alison: just forgot reaction to say it. alexandria, also fo
two huge bowl games on the way. four college football teams about to go head-to-head on the road to the final championship. and it s time to rock new year s eve, celebrations already starting around the world. a big bash right here in times square tonight. ryan seacrest live with us, jenny mccarthy taking you behind the scenes. it s gma s new year s rockin morning as we say good morning, america. i m not going to say it as well as jenny mccarthy just said but good morning, america. a little more bounce, amy. gma weekend anchor dan harris is here, sara haines and tom llamas as well. we are counting down to tonight s big celebration right here in times square. take a look at the ball getting ready to drop just hours from now and the first new year s celebrations have already kicked off, fireworks welcoming in 2016 in auckland, any zealand. it blows my mind that they re so far ahead of us. they will be over their hangovers sitting down to dinner with our ball
starting around the world. a big bash right here in times square tonight. ryan seacrest live with us, jenny mccarthy taking you behind the scenes. it s gma s new year s rockin morning as we say good morning, america. i m not going to say it as well as jenny mccarthy just said but good morning, america. a little more bounce, amy. gma weekend anchor dan harris is here, sara haines and tom llamas as well. we are counting down to tonight s big celebration right here in times square. take a look at the ball getting ready to drop just hours from now and the first new year s celebrations have already kicked off, fireworks welcoming in 2016 in auckland, any zealand. it blows my mind that they re so far ahead of us. they will be over their with our ball drops here. into that. i m not great at math but able to get there. the college football playoff. two big bowl games kicking off on espn, the team mascots from clemson and michigan state right there on an astroturf