We are we are were on tape. So that we can at home with our families. On this first day of 2016. Happy new year, everyone. We hope youre enjoying your morning after what a late night for so many years. Daphne oz and Marcus Samuelsson are also here. Pastor joel osteen is here. Well get to that and so much more, but first heres a check on the news and weather here. Heres abcs Rebecca Jarvis. Good morning and happy new year. We begin with new years celebrations around the world. Despite terror warnings people turned out. Now, theyre cleaning up in times square after a million revelers packed the crossroads of the world. About 50 tons of trash. This was a first for seattle, the fireworks were set off from space needle. There were several events including two firework shows. More from abcs phillip mena. Year reporter its finally 2016. And people around the world are ringing in the new year with those three familiar words happy new year happy new year reporter from a jampacked times square in new york, all of the way to thes moscow river in miss cow, crowds cheered as colorful firework displays painted the night sky. New zealand was the first to ring in the new year lighting up the famous sydney harbor, tokyo, illuminating the night sky. In dubai the worlds tallest building the burj khalifa, 1. 6 tons of fireworks carried on their display. All across the globe, millions crowded historic landmarks just to get a glimpse of the fireworks. For Good Morning America, phillip mena, abc news, new york. Those new years eve celebrations went on scheduled in dubai despite a major flame. Flames could be seen shooting out of the window out of the 63story building. Officials say there were 14 minor injuries during the e evacuation and theyre now looking for the cause of the fire. They have ruled out terrorism. Munich, germany, new years eve celebrations were scaled back because of worry about terror. They evacuated two munich train thought was a very creditable tip from france. Nothing happened, nothing was found and the two stations have now reopened. Back here in the united states, rochester, new york, canceled its new years fireworks after the arrest of an alleged isis sympathizer. He planned to attack a popular restaurant and bar. Officials say he hoped to impress isis. The floodwaters are starting to recede in missouri and southern illinois. And you wouldnt know it by looking at the devastation, at least 22 people have drowned, most of them motorists. Hundreds of roads are closed including part of an interstate. Home homes and businesses are under water with hundreds of people displaced. Affluenza mom tonya couch is spending the new year in los angeles in jail on a 1 million bond. She was returned to the u. S. From mexico yesterday. Violate any texas laws when she left the state with her son, ethan couch remains in custody in mexico. President obama is expected to take executive action next week against gun control. One measure could expand background checks on guns sales. The white house may also impose tighter rules on tracking the gun. The end of a heavy metal era last night at the Staples Center in los angeles. The final Live Performance from motley crue the band had been together for 34 years. There will be a fulllength featured film about the final performance. Where you are. Thank you, rebeak can. Now ways to get your year off on the right foot by getting healthy in 2016. Abcs chief health and medical editor dr. Richard bezer is with us to kick off the new year with good tips. What is your top tip. Top tip is dont bite off more than you chew. Small changes that are liveable. If you try to change too much you may give up. It for us. It used to be negative, youre acting like a baby. Exactly, as a if you frame it that way, if you embrace your in inner child the first one is, the kids go out and play. You never say that to adult. We should go out and play. Grab a ball, borrow a kid if you dont have one. Go to the park. Use your body. Its good for you. At night, its okay to stay up and indulge a little bit. Were indulging at night because of the new years. What our children do at night, when we put them down, we have them wind down, you cant go full force and expect a child to go to sleep. When you say indulge, let your mind get to a more relaxed space . Exactly. For a good halfhour. Those things that our children do to get ready for bed we need to do it the same way. What about eating like a kid . Parents come to me said, my kids arent eating everything. Were eating when theyre hungry. Thats a smart thing for us to do, too. In addition, were always saying to our kids, try something new. Just two bites. We should do the same thing. Try something new, just two bites. So true. Kids it takes seven to nine times for them to like new foods. Give yourself the same thing. Just like they dont like doing that, we wont like it either. Its beautiful to watch children be in the moment. A couple of years ago, for my resolution, i decided to take up about being in the moment, its good for relationships and reducing stress. You watch a child engaged in something, theyre totally in the moment. Think about doing some mindfulness. Try one minute, two minutes. Embrace that child and be where you are at that time. How do you be where you are and also be meditating . Well, its about being in that quiet place. Youre in a setting like this, on the set, its taking a breath in and breath out and being where you are. Im enjoying where im being right now. These are terrific tips. Again, start small, pick one or two. And act like a kid. Exactly. Best advice ever. Amy over to you. Thank you. The new year will mean a new president the election not until november but were in the home stretch in the race to pick the the Iowa Caucuses are just one month away and abcs jon karl is in washington with a look ahead to a crucial year in politics. Good morning, jon. Reporter good morning, amy. A scenario that no one took seriously six months ago. As we begin 2016, were moving closer to the real possibility that the race to the white house could come down to a battle between donald trump and Hillary Clinton. In the world of politics, 2015 was the year of trump and were going to make our country great again reporter since then, donald trump has gone nowhere but up. Dominating the republican field in every abc News Washington post poll since july. A doubledigit lead for five solid months. We have the biggest crowds by far because theres a movement going on. Reporter but while trump question is whether he can win in the state that votes first. Iowa, where senator ted cruz at least for now looks like the frontrunner, hoping evangelical and Tea Party Support will mean a big iowa win. We need to defend the First Amendment free speech and especially religious liberty. Reporter after iowa, the gop contest moves to the first primary state of New Hampshire on february 9th. In the Granite State could be a make or break for the rest of the field. All counting on New Hampshire to making them the alternative to trump. The gop race Goes National on march 1st, super tuesday, with a dozen States Holding contests including georgia, alabama and texas. All but a handful of states will award their delegates por portionately. Clinton ishas dominated the polls all year long. Im so thrilled to be here back in New Hampshire. Reporter but shes faced a surprisingly strong challenge from Bernie Sanders. Im running for president because im going to create an economy that works for working families not just billionaires. Reporter sanders is a long shot but hes drawn huge crowds. And more than 800,000 small donors. While Hillary Clinton looks she may well on her way to the democratic national, the republican side is as unpredict unpredictable as ever. We could be in for a raucous political season, amy. All right, Jonathan Karl in d. C. , thank you now to your money in 2016, always a good time to take stock abcs Rebecca Jarvis has a look at the moves you can protect and even boost your bank account. Three two, one happy new year reporter this morning, just in time for your new years resolutions, five smart money moves to get you started on the path to financial fitness. Step one, cut the cluterror the, from banking to your bills. Set up automatic pay. Unsubscribe from emails and services youre no longer using. Step two, order your free credit report. Your entitled to one a year and nows the time to check it on over and know where you stand. Amend any errors and pay down any overdue debts. A financial adviser. Apps like wealthfront help set your goals and automatically invest your none in lowfee funds. Step four, max out that if youre not taking full advantage, youre leaving money on the table. Start the year off right by starting up automatic contributions and finally, step five, protect your hardearned money from fraud. With apps like accounts from frauds. Rebecca, thank you so much. How about these new iphones, new itablets. The gifts from holidays. Theres always something brand new around the corner. This world. Becky worley is here. Reporter good morning, everyone. New phones as you mentioned, advances in biomedicines, space travel, skys the limit when we think about the future of inknow innovation innovation. Cool, new tech. I head to Stanford University where its being dreamed up as we speak, what do these engineering students think theyll roll out next . Driverless car . Eventually, yeah. Reporter these kids say the googles driverless car think its right around the corner. Theyre right. Big car brands have plans for autonomous driving elements in 2016. Could apple be planning a car . They have filed a bunch of automobile patents. Industrial campuses, nearly selfdriving cars are already here. Reporter on the frontside it dominates the world. Reporter gaming will see lots of new forays into space. 360degree video that makes sense without the weird Virtual Reality goggles. Next to be a reality, room service robots. Technology is here. But a word of warning human beings becoming obsolete. There will be a time where there are no jobs anymore because everything is being done by machines, which is very scary, actually. Reporter okay, lightning round on a few projects. Drones you wear . Thats cool. Amazon delivery drones, also cool but not happening until we get some significant legislation on these things. Would you ever work at spacex or facebook . Spacex. Reporter consumer space travel is the new frontier all over again. The very rich will pay absolutely exorbitant sums for a couple of minutes of lower orbit. Reporter how about a new iphone 7, why not break the naming convention . The u phone. The one innovation these kids and College Students everywhere really need there you go. How long have you had this. They want unbreakable glass. So, no one huge innovation thats going to change our life. When you think about the bredth of all of the inknownovation theyll roll those elements out slowly. Were not ready to have those cars drive us yet. And the connected home, we upgrade, maybe next time you use wifi. You can set the temperature coming home. Step by step. Were implementing them. A classic idea, a doorbell, called ring, but actually someone ring on your front door but it ring on your phone. You can be at the office and tell the u. P. S. Guy, dont leave that package. Small steps, its Getting Better all the time. 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If you missed good morning las vegas this morning, heres a breaking overnight. A teenager is recovering in the hospital this morning after being shot just minutes into the new year. This is a live look at the scene near sahara and sloan where police say the bullet went through the wall of the house and hit the teen. That teen is expected to be ok. Police say they think this is all accidental and someone was just firing randomly in the neighborhood. Clean up is underway on the strip after all the festivities last night. Street sweepers have been out for the past few hours cleaning up debris. But a lot of people are still out partying so you might want to give yourself a little vegas tomorrow beginning at 430am. For the latest weather, traffic why let someone else have all ththfun . The sosotimemehaphphard,d, never boring fun. The why cant it smell like this all the time fun. The learning the virtue of sharing fun. Why let someone else have all the fun . Thats no fun. 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Overturned and convicted three times until the italys highest court decided once and for all to throw out the convictions. One highprofile case that wasnt resolved this year, bill cosby, now accused by more than 50 women by drugging or sexually assaulting them. I have been sorry for 38 years and now its time for him to be sorry. Mr. Cosby, how do you responded to the charges. Reporter and just this week, cosby charged criminally with Sexual Assault stemming from the Andrea Constand case. Constand a former Temple University employee. Alleged that the comedian drugged and sexually assaulted her. This is a felony of the first degree. Attorneys cosby has repeatedly denied all allegations. At least five civil lawsuits will also likely work their way through the courts in 2016, including a counter suit field by cosby against seven accusers. Me