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Cancer. all systems go for the ball drop in times square tonight. it passed yesterday's test with flying colors. this year's ball contains 32,000 lights. those are some of the top stories on this new year's eve, tuesday, december 31st. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." welcome in on this new year's eve. this year has gone by incredibly quickly. incredible. >> absolutely. it is not a bad time to be in new york city for new year's eve. >> look at who is joining us, muhammad lila, our star foreign correspondent, i should add. are you going to watch the ball drop now that ...

4:00 a.m. >> the crew. >> like the people. >> that's the -- there's a reason that people don't put that part of new year's eve on tv. >> people who live in new york call it amateur hour. i think a lot of people realize that those that go to watch the ball drop, fine. those that stay after hours after the ball drop probably need to get to a party somewhere quickly. >> yeah. let's get started. we begin this half hour with a train wreck in north dakota. one train was carrying grain. the other oil. some of the grain cars derailed and struck the tankers sparking at least four different explosions...

All systems go for tonight. organizers tested the 12,000 pound ball yesterday and everything went fine. >> this year's ball has 32,000 lights and 2600 waterford crystals, all formed in a new designed called gifted imagination. the design inspired by a sketch written or drawn by 12-year-old patient at saint jude's hospital. >> very nice. coming up, the weirdest photos that have gone viral over the past year. and what a momentous year at the "world news now" anchor desk with changes and anniversary and more. stay with us for a look back. you are watching "world news now." ♪ >> announcer: "wo...

This, muhammad? >> i was hoping you wouldn't say that. let's have a contest. why don't i try and you try. >> i like that. >> you go first. >> okay. >> oh, boy. >> all right. i've got it in front of me. >> 35 characters. kahaka -- i give up. >> i'm not going to try. that is really good. i would have broken it in to syllables. >> kay-ha-kee-ko -- that's where i'm stopping. >> i know people not being able to pronounce your name growing up but that is a mouthful. >> i wonder what her first name is, probably anne. it's new really the new year until the ball drops from times square here in new yor...

>> if the movie owe -- "new year's eve," it didn't work. >> back in the 1980's, that ball has changed it used to be in a janitor's closet and there were eight or nine guys that pulled it down with a rope and guessed at the time. >> and now it is crystal. >> and rick was down there, like, growing up you would see it and it would move, and stop, and slid down, and now, it is on time. rick: well, it used to be done by pulleys and there was someone below with a stop watch running the whole thing, and it has advanced quite a bit and western testing it before, this is the lighted switch that towns t...