Growing again. Corporate america gets out the checkbook for employees. How long will the good times roll . All that, plus new bombshell. Mckayla maroney claiming usa gymnastics tried to buy her silence on abuse. The new ad that could scare you out of ever texting and driving again. What made Prince William get on his high horse . Today, thursday, december 21st, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Nice to have you with us on the thursday before christmas. Just when you thought you couldnt love the royals any more, he gets on a horse for that little girl. Why do we love it when they do dorky things . Because theyre just like us. We have breaking news. In australia, a driver rammed his car into a group of pedestrians. It happened in melbourne. There is a suspect in custody this morning. Police say he did it deliberately. Bill neely has the latest. Good morning. Reporter good morning, savannah. T
Leadership. America is going to start growing again. Corporate america gets out the checkbook for the employees. How long will the good times roll. All that, plus new bombshell. Michaela claiming usa gymnastics tried to buy her silence on abuse. The new ad that could scare you out of ever texting and driving again. What made Prince William get on his high horse . Today, thursday, december 21, 2017. From nbc news, this is today live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everybody. Pretty shot there. Welcome to today. Nice to have yo with us on the thursday before christmas. Just when you thought you couldnt love him anymore, he gets on a horse like that. Why do we love it when they do dorky things look that. Natheyre just like us. Breaking new in australia. Driver rammed car into a group of pedestrians, happened in melbourne. This morning, theres a suspect in custody. Police say he did it deliberately. Nbc chief global correspondent bill neely with the very latest. Bill
About an hour ago and about an hour before that, berlin and paris welcoming in the new year. Lets take you live look to time square, the Biggest Party in the united states. Four hours away from the ball dropping in new york city. That is where Chris Pollone is joining us. Reporter you are starting to feel some energy from the crowd. Those poor people, i mean they chose to do this, but many of them had been out there since 9 00, 10 00 out there this morning. Stand anything a metal pen. If they left they wouldnt be allowed to come back. The giant crystal ball has gone to the top of the pole ready to make the trip down at midnight. This place is loaded with security. The mayor of new york says this will be the safest place to celebrate the new year in the united states. Thousands of Police Officers covering this event alone. There are uniformed Police Officers but also under cover tactical teams. Snipers on businesses around here. And there are detectives now in all of the hotels surround
Plenty of blue sky tonight. So the fireworks might be visible, which you know is not always a sure thing on new years or for that matter on the 4th of july when they light up the sky here. Sometimes it lights up the insides of the clouds. Stay tuned. Were going to bring you the craziness coming up in our later newscast. Reporting live, joe vazquez, kpix 5. Thank you, joe. Heres a live look at times square in new york. The annual crystal ball drop happens in less than three hours, at midnight eastern time. Security is tight. Everyone who goes into times square must be scanned with metal detectors. Police have deployed teams of rooftop snipers and dogs that can detect explosive particles after two recent terrorist attacks in the city. Thats not the only concern. Could be one of the coldest celebrations on record. The temperature at midnight in new york will be about 13 degrees and with the wind chill it will feel like 1 below. Back in the bay area, its not bad at all. We will actually wi
Hi, happy new year plus the countdown to 2018, thousands in San Francisco getting ready to ring in the new year, but crowds in times square in santa rosa have already said goodbye to 2017. Well, weve got less than an hour to go until the clock strikes midnight. Well go outside, take a live look over the embarcadero. Chopper 5 is above the big crowds ahead of tonights Fireworks Show. Its a partly cloudy night to ring in 2018. We have Live Team Coverage on new years eve and start with kpix5s joe vazquez with the crowd getting ready for the fireworks on the embarcadero. Joe. Reporter they are getting ready, juliette. They are gathering here along the embarcadero as the fireworks will start about an hour from now on pier 14. If you look closely, you can see a lot of gaps in there, a lot of space between people, a really small crowd compared to years past, much milder and Law Enforcement hopes it stays that way. [ drums ] reporter all along the embarcadero folks are ringing in the new year