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the biggest party in the world as we look live at times square from earth cam. i'm molly line. bill and dana are off today. >> i'm bryan llenas. this is "america's newsroom." 2024 coming to a close. t-minus 15 hours until the ball drops in times square. in other parts of the world celebration already underway. >> dana: new zealand and australia ringing in the new year. >> molly: new york city the security plan is half a dozen drones. the department tapping more than 600 rookie officers to help protect the massive crowd. >> at this time, there are no specific credible threats to the times square new year's eve celebration. however, we have been operating at a heightened threat environment since october 7th

and we remain vigilant. >> molly: let's go to times square where alexis mcadams is standing by. good morning. >> good morning. happy new year. we only have hours until the countdown begins in times square. the crowds have started growing this morning. the nypd says they expect more than a million people to be here for the new year's eve celebration in new york city. although there are no credible threats, investigators with the nypd say they'll have extra security on hand. >> we have plain clothes teams, canine teams, officers on horse back and helicopters and on boats. the full complement of our police personnel will be here and pedestrians and vehicle closures will be in effect. >> the nation's largest police department works on these new year's eve security plans for month. this year police officers will be mixed into the ground and

undercover units, bomb sniffing dogs and drone units. the drones are helpful here as the investigations continue on the ground. the department works with local, state and federal partners. new york governor hochul says they have enhanced security measures at the state level including monitoring airports, bridges, tunnels and mass transit. the nypd still needs your help. >> we've seen in so many ways the past two months the public is our eyes and ears. so if you see something suspicious or if something doesn't look or feel right, tell a police officer or call 911 right away. the public's ability to see something and say something and do something makes a real difference. >> that's happened also, molly and bryan, in years past. people speak up and alert nypd officers for federal authorities things happening in times square. they need all hands on deck especially with so many visitors here in new york city. the things that you can bring in

walking from headquarters they have security checkpoints in place. no coolers, chairs, umbrellas, drinks, >> leave what you can at home. thank you. >> bryan: let's bring in a retired nypd lieutenant. let's talk about the event in times square. it is the biggest event in the country. let's bring up this full screen giving people an idea of the kind of security measures being put in place. plain clothes officers, officers on horse back, helicopters, boats, canine teams, six drones over time square, 600 police recruits, rookies. how does it work in tandem? >> nypd has been doing it for years. what you placed on the board is not -- nowhere near the magnitude of security provisions that will be put in place.

you will have sniper teams in different offices in that times square area. in addition to that, the nypd has a consent agreement with the commercial properties in that particular area which avails the police department to log in and hone into those commercial cameras. not just the nypd cameras but the commercial cameras as well will be available or accessible to the nypd to insure the revelers, over a million plus, are safe when we look to this amazing celebration that's going off without a hitch for years on end. >> bryan: we all know how important surveillance is. luigi mangione, those images are what led to his capture. what was the vulnerability, darren, that the nypd, that you are most concerned about tonight? there is the lone wolf, bombs, etc. what are you most concerned about in the grand scheme of

things? >> the lone wolf attacks by all means are the most troubling. but we also look to the radioactive materials because if we have a dirty bomb, something to that effect, it can create sheer pandemonium. fortunately the nypd has radiation detectors on the ground to assist and interdict if a person was attempting to come into that area with a dirty bomb. the nypd has left no stone unturned. the planning for this event goes for 364 days. so on january 1st of 2025, the planning for the new year's eve celebration for 2026 is going to be in effect. so there is a multitude of different things and we have the teachable moments of the past which insures that we present a tremendous level of safety for the revelers in attendance. >> bryan: there is a mysterious drone sightings happening in new jersey and new york and other states around the country over

the last month. i bring it up because there are legal challenges and logistical and security challenges when it comes to the issue of drones. we can't just shoot the drones out of the sky. we're having a tough time identifying whether or not what they are exactly. i know we have six drones over times square. how concerned are you about a threat coming from a random drone and then how do you mitigate that with a million people on the ground? >> first amendment protections afford people the ability to fly drones. however, you have restricted zones. the nypd understands that and they are fully capable of disabling or taking down a drone that is flying in unauthorized area. i heard the police commissioner mention there are six drones. i highly there will be six. i think there will be a lot more than that to insure we have a

secure environment. >> anti-drone technology, too. >> that's something alliance with the nypd. they have the technology to bring down the drones and in addition federal partners working in tandem with the nypd for this amazing celebration. so we have more than enough resources both on the ground and in the air to insure that these drones, if they come into an unauthorized area, will be taken down appropriately. >> bryan: i have to ask you. people are in those pens outside in times square and they are as early as 3:00 p.m. today. why do you need them out there so early and why can't these poor people go to the restroom? why can't they just leave the pen? they are locked in there all night. why is that necessary quickly? >> people end up going to the bathroom is a natural act. if a person leaves that pen they have to go through that same procedure in terms of the search

or the detection that anyone else would have to go through. so that's why they wouldn't have the ability to get back. if you can jump the line and go back in the pen. you have to get in line with everyone else accessing the entry points in times square and why they don't recommend you leave. >> bryan: thank you so much. thanks for clearing that up. something people should do at least one time in their lifetime. >> molly: it is shaping up to be a rainy new year's eve here in new york city. meteorologist adam klotz with the forecast. >> the rain is fueled by warm weather on the eastern half of the country. a big part of the story. relatively warm air on the east. all the blue and purple is really cold air off to the west as we get into the new year 2025 will start to spill into the rest of the country. rain falling around the midwest.

it will be a rainy new year's eve for you in new england. temperatures for this time of year are mild sitting right at 50 degrees. not a lot of change there. you are looking at rain from the evening hours all the way into the new year. so it is going to be a soggy night for those folks out there standing in the pens all night long. the story going forward as you start to think about what will happen at the start of 2025, just rounds of really cold air. by far the coldest air this season. i showed you that cold air in the west. that starts to spill in by the time you get more in towards the weekend across portions of the midwest and east coast. another round slips in from canada that's round two and it primes the atmosphere every time so the ground is colder and finally we see the third round. january 10th it will be frigid along wide swaths of the country. molly, yes, raining tonight for a lot of folks in the east.

it is warm and that will change when we get into the new year. >> molly: there have been very frigid new year's eve in times square. wet may be better. thank you very much. >> stop, stop, stop. >> molly: scary moments as two planes nearly collide at lax. what the faa a saying. >> bryan: president biden about to board air force one. this has become an annual tradition for president biden. the third year in a row he has vacationed in st. croix with a couple of weeks now left in his administration, molly. this is all happening as these new reports "wall street journal" doing terrific reporting how biden really believes that he could have beaten president-elect trump as he is fighting for his legacy here, molly.

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>> bryan: this is a live look at president biden. a new piece in the "wall street journal" echoing reports that president biden is struggling with the consequences of his decision to drop out of the 2024 race. the headline reads biden exits battling for his legacy and believing he could have won. lucas tomlinson traveling with the president in st. croix, one of the u.s. virgin islands. he didn't take questions going to st. croix or leaving st. croix, either. >> that's a wrap on president

biden's vacation. enjoyed five days in st. croix. he is border air force one now shaking hands with a few officials before departing. as you mentioned that "wall street journal" piece saying biden regrets dropping out of the race and now says he thinks he could have won the 2024 election, which brings up this memorable exchange he had with mark meredith. >> will you reconsider dropping out of the race? >> president biden was not kidding there, brian. what many people called biden's disastrous debate in june. it sounded the alarm that change was needed and in came kamala harris. ford said in 1976 there was no soviet domination in eastern europe. carter only won that election by

5.1% of the vote. americans are still held in gaza today. biden in days following the debate said he was staying in the race. >> president biden: unless they came back and said there is no way you can win. me. no one is saying that. no poll says that. >> over 1,000 percent see you on the ballot in december? >> if you get in in a year and a half or two you would look to your very capable vice president to carry it over the finish line >> president biden: only if i was told that there was some medical condition. that's not the case. >> we're going to take you back live to the ramp in st. croix as president biden gets ready to depart. that's not the only u.s. government aircraft taking off. u.s. military aircraft. we've been told from u.s.

central command that american forces have resumed air strikes against the houthi rebels in yemen taking part as well as those super hornets are also told. the number of tomahawk cruise missiles launched against the houthis. they're stepping up their ballistic missile attacks against israel this is something the united states has done. notable the first air strikes against the houthis by u.s. forces since the friendly fire incident when american f-18 super hornet was blasted out of the sky by a u.s. warship. >> bryan: lucas tomlinson live in st. croix. happy new year. >> molly: as we're watching president biden during the final moments of sunshine we bring in emily domenech and former senior policy advisor to speaker mccarthy and we welcome doug

sc schoen, former clinton pollster. we talk about this very interesting reporting we've seen coming out of the "wall street journal." doug, i want to start with you. your thoughts. a certain amount of retrospective looking back on your legacy is understandable. in this particular case the idea that biden is forlornly thinking about the possibility he shouldn't have dropped out of the race and could have won. your thoughts given the resounding election results, doug. >> look, i look at most people in our profession and indeed in the media did at the polls and while the trump lead when biden dropped out was not enormous, it was clear and it was very hard to see given the day that any way that joe biden was going to win. i think with the performance of kamala harris and her sinking in the polls after her initial honeymoon, to me validates the notion that neither biden nor harris could win that election.

frankly i think joe biden made the right decision to drop out. the only decision that was wrong was not opening the process to other democrats who were not connected to the biden-harris administration. >> molly: the reporting is almost awkward. emily, here is a line from the article. the belief that biden could have won isn't widely shared in the white house. the more view was the party would have suffered a larger defeat and lost more congressional sites had he remained the nominee. the work environment in recent weeks like draining and depressing. your thoughts, emily. >> i think we're seeing a resurgence of this idea that president biden somehow could have won the election because folks want to take a step back and not knowledge that it is his economic record and energy record and legacy that was driving president trump's rise in the polls. the american people resoundly rejected not just president biden but kamala harris and their entire agenda.

understandable that aides in the white house who put in four years of work are disappointed in the outcome. the american people felt differently than they did. >> molly: a number of things that didn't get the coverage had another president been in office. for instance the influence peddling scandal. another thing that has been widely talked about that didn't get a lot of coverage was the cognitive decline that seemingly was covered up to a certain extent. here is jen crawford and the reaction around the table on this issue, doug, and then to you. >> undred d underreported that would be to me joe biden's obvious cognitive decline that became undeniable. we should have much more forcefully questioned whether he was fit for office for another four years. which could have led to a primary for the democrats. it could have changed the scope of the entire election. >> molly:, doug, do you have agree? >> i have to agree. in retrospect it is one of the great unreported stories of our

time or any time. i have think it is clear, given the "wall street journal"'s excellent comprehensive reporting that joe biden for a number of years, maybe even since 2021 or 2022, was not up to the job. and the mainstream media, for whatever reason, covered up for him. i think it's worthy of an investigation. not to blame anyone for any illegal activity, but to understand what happened, why it happened and how we can avoid it in the future. it is clear joe biden was not up to the job and it is clear that the american people both domestically and internationally suffered. >> molly: emily, another thing later this week. a speaker battle, maybe not. the president jumping on saying he is backing mike johnson. what do you think is going to happen? >> i think the trump endorsement for speaker johnson was critical and i give a lot of credit to him and his staff for locking

that in early before there was a large exodus or number of folks in the conference who were expressing dismay with the speaker's work. it will be a tough race. he has two or three seat majority here. i think honestly he will have a hard race ahead of him but trump's endorsement was critical. >> molly: emily and doug, appreciate both of you. thank you very much. >> bryan: plans are taking shape for jimmy carter and how the nation will honor the longest living president next. fulton county district attorney fani willis making a last-ditch effort in the election interference case. where the attorney general is lobbying against her coming up. >> i don't need anything from a man. a man is not a plan. a man is a companion. we believe that the best products are made in america and come fresh from the family farm.

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>> bryan: jimmy carter died at his home on sunday. on saturday the family will hold a service at the carter center starting a week honoring the longest living president. we're live from the carter center in atlanta. steve. >> part ofist is because of the holiday it is getting off to a late start. events won't begin until saturday morning when the remains of former president jimmy carter will be moved by motorcade from his home in plains, georgia, pass by his boyhood home, a farm owned by his father and pause there and head to the state capital in georgia and then to the carter presidential center. the body will lie in repose here for three days giving a lot of people a chance to pay their respects to the 39th president. many people across georgia have already begun to do so. >> i think his career outside of the presidency outweighs his time in the white house to be honest with you. i think history will look on him

very kindly. >> from here the body will go to washington. it will lay in state in the rotunda, an honor given to 12 previous presidents beginning with abraham lincoln. after that a state funeral on thursday. president biden will give the eulogy. he has ordered all federal agencies closed that day that he declared a day of national mourning. after that ceremony the body heads back by military jet to plains, georgia, for a private family burial. bryan, back to you. >> bryan: steve, thank you. >> molly: ice is shutting down two taxpayer funded program that provided social services to illegal immigrants released into the u.s. one is the wrap around stabilization service. the agency worked with ngos to offer psychological support to vulnerable migrants. ice says it was ineffective

citing immense cost with little improvement. the agency also discontinued the young adult case management program offering services to 18 and 19-year-old migrants in 16 cities. ice says the program doesn't align with its mission or priorities. >> bryan: optimism in the housing market . the national association of realtors reports that pending home sales grew for the fourth straight month in november. it's at the highest level since early 2023. let's bring in a financial advisor and ceo of the marks group. thank you for being here and happy new year. the pending home sales, they rise, that's the good news, right, 2.2%. the bad news here is that the mortgage rate for 30-year mortgages have climbed in that time over the last four months from 6.1 to 6.7%. what gives, does this mean that

people are just accepting this new reality? >> yeah, happy new year to you. i don't want to throw cold water on the excitement about pending home sales going up but i'm still pretty pessimistic about the housing market. when you look at the pending home sales index, the number itself, it is at 79. that's what the index is. in 2022 it was at 125. in other words, it is still almost 40% down from what it was just two years ago. you are right, mortgage rates are going up, not down. which kind of flies in the face of logic, right? you think gee, we heard the federal reserve is reducing interest rates so shouldn't mortgage rates be coming down? that's not the case. mortgage rates are based on the yield on treasuries, what is happening in the future what the market thinks it will be. the market thinks inflation will still be an issue going forward. banks are hearing that so home buyers themselves are facing higher mortgages than they did a few months ago. it was 6%, now 7%.

i think it will hold them back from purchasing homes. it is still quite expensive to do. >> bryan: a lot of head winds for the housing market. talking about wages since 1985. the home prices have grown twice as much as wages since 1985. the affordability thing, that crisis. also just finding homes. there is a shortage of homes. what do you think president-elect trump can do to help impact this market? >> the only thing that trump can do is what he is planning to do, which he is making investments in the economy. he wants to grow the economy. the only way you get out of this issue isy having economic growth, not stagnation. when you have economic growth, that provides more of a demand for workers, more of a demand for companies to grow, which will hopefully have an increased leverage on wages.

wages are barely keeping ahead right now of inflation. we know that. like you said, home prices themselves have just skyrocketed to much, much higher levels. so the economy can grow, the markets stay strong and inflation stays under control and he is making promises to do a lot of these things. hopefully interest rates can come down and more importantly the markets. the markets themselves get more confidence that inflation will be kept under control. that would drive mortgage rates down and more motivation for people to go out and buy homes. >> bryan: you are a small business expert. a survey came out that shows that optimism among small business owners is at a 3 1/2 year high. we are talking about that's significant. it's up eight points. why do you think that is? >> so small businesses have come across over the past couple of years a lot of head winds.

obviously high inflation, supply chain issues, lower demand and frankly it has been more of a worker environment than pro-business environment. if you run a small business you want to make sure the government is behind you and not regulating you. a lot of small business owners are seeing trump come into office. a lot of polls, including the national federation of independent index, they will see a more pro-business environment coming in the future and what they are looking at now is the ability to take more risks. to invest and to hire and to grow their businesses much tougher to do when you are in an environment where there is more regulation and more of a pro-worker environment. not that is bad but that has held back a lot of investment in small businesses. a lot of my clients and people are going into 2025 running nes.

>> bryan: let's keep the optimism going in 2025. gene marksu for breaking that down. take care. happy new year. >> molly: chinese-back hacker. a major incident. plus a deadly tornado rips apart a mississippi church for the second time in 90 years. all hope is not lost. we speak to the pastor at that church as the rebuild begins. >> so even though the church building is gone, our hearts are heavy, but we're filled with enthusiasm about what god has in store as we rebuild and continue to minister here at the very town and community. when i have customers come in i recommend prevagen. number one, because it's safe and effective.

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>> molly: heart stopping video of another near miss on a runway. >> stop, stop, stop. >> molly: it shows an atlanta-bound plane taking off from lax narrowly avoiding a commission. the other jet had the men's gonzalez basketball team on board. faa is investigating. >> bryan: u.s. treasury department has been hacked in what officials are calling a major breach by chinese state-sponsored hackers. they gained access to treasury workstations and unclassified documents through a security key. alexandria hoff is live from washington following the story. alex. >> with that security key actors were able to override barriers put in place by the department's

cybersecurity vendor and remotely gain access to treasury workstations. letter sent to the senate banking committee confirms the actor was affiliated with the chinese government and able to access cloud-based unclassified documents. treasury spokesperson says once treasury was alerted by the service provider we immediately contacted cybersecurity and security agency and worked with law enforcement across the government to ascertain the impact. the compromise has been taken off line and no evidence indicating the threat has continued access to treasury systems or information. the breach comes as state affiliated chinese hackers go forward on a spy campaign against the u.s. so far nine telecommunications companies have been affected. the white house said chinese officials gained entry into the private texts and phone conversations of american citizens. >> our understanding is that a

number of individuals were grew owe located in the washington, d.c., virginia area. we believe it was the goal of identifying who the phones belonged to and if they were government targets of interest for espionage and intelligence collection of communications of texts and phone calls on those particular phones. >> u.s. officials have a name for chinese government's espionage unit. salt typhoon and unclear if the most recent treasury incident is related to salt typhoon. >> bryan: alexandria, thank you. >> molly: for more on this we're bringing in victoria coates, vice president of the national security at the heritage foundation. victoria, thank you for bringing us your insight here as we kick off a new year. in a sense this is a tale as old as time. chinese espionage targeting. but in this case our treasury department and specifically going into -- they used a stolen key to remotely access user

workstations. your reaction to this. >> molly, good to be with you and happy new year to you and bryan. this is deeply concerned and interesting that the prc is targeting the treasury department here. you might expect them to go after the state department or defense department. but no, they are going after treasury. going after the economic might. they want to collect data on that. it also highlights the problem that we have with so many federal workers now working remotely. we have vulnerabilities because the workstations can be anywhere now. so china is trying to take advantage of that potential weakness to gather more data both on the treasury department but then as alex was saying on individuals who are potentially connected with the government as well. >> molly: never seems to let up. shifting gears i want to switch to ukraine. the biden administration giving their last big load of money to ukraine, 2.5 billion security aid package for ukraine.

zelenskyy happy about this. they've long asked for more money. this is a pretty significant sum. your thoughts on the amount of money going in and the likelihood that the trump administration will or will not continue funding in some aspect. >> there is a lot of funny accounting going on here. not just the 2.5 that's going in military. secretary yellen announced this week she is sending an additional 3.4 billion direct economic assistance. so this is money that is being wired to ukraine so that they can pay salaries, keep the government running. which we at the heritage foundation have argued is not the job of the united states taxpayer. if the commander-in-chief makes the decision that he wants to provide military aid, that's one thing. to have the united states bearing the bulk of the burden for nation building in europe makes no sense. i think we need a full

accounting of everything that's gone to ukraine over the past three years. we're looking at $175 billion total that has been appropriated for this purpose. the biden administration is pushing large sums out the door as they go into their final days in office. essentially flooding ukraine with cash. so i think we need congress and then the incoming administration to get a handle on this. >> molly: the u.s. is still ukraine's largest country donor. over the course of 2024 moscow seized 2,800 square miles of ukrainian territory. this is very much an ongoing conflict and russia gaining ground in a larger respect. i want to look at the polling on this. americans are mixed on this. not a huge -- they are split whether or not this money should continue to ukraine. if you take a look at some of the recent polling, this is -- can we show some of the polling? that there is not enough about

25%, too much 27%. the pew research center. your take on how americans feel about this cash. ? >> we've seen the numbers shifting we'll be marking the third anniversary of the war in february. i think, you know, the american people supported ukraine very strongly as they fought back against russian aggression. i think that is natural and right. but the biden administration never presented any kind of a plan for this war beyond as much as it takes as long as it takes. that's not really a strategy. so i think they've seen large amounts of money going to ukraine. ever more aggressive weapons systems and no explanation of what the end state here is. there is so many carnage at president-elect trump has said repeatedly. the killing is mind numbing and needs to end. russia, despite all this assistance from the united states and from some of our european allies, it has not been

enough to stem the tide and really push russia back. so the question is, as president trump has said, if there is a negotiated settlement to be reached, it is the american president >> molly: lean towards a diplomatic solution. see if they can come to pass in 2025. very different administration around the corner. victoria coates, thank you very much for your insights today. appreciate it and happy new year. >> thank you, molly, you too. >> bryan: president-elect trump preparing to get to work the minute he is sworn in. what's on top of his to do list? millions in japan are getting ready to ring in the new year. we'll take you to tokyo for the stroke of midnight. ♪ rough, or tired? with miebo, eyes can feel ♪ miebo ♪ ♪ ohh yeah ♪ miebo is the only prescription dry eye drop that forms a protective layer

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luster. french olympians posted pictures of their bronze hardware from the paris games this summer. the fading shine on the medal compared to crocodile skin, yikes. >> molly: 'tis the season for prayers and one small church in southern mississippi needs a lot of holiday cheer now after it was leveled to the ground, part of those devastating tornadoes over the weekend. the second twister strike in 90 years in that spot. here is pastor welcoming you to the program, sir, thank you. i'm so sorry about your building and your church. but hallelujah and miracles people survived there and a miraculous story. our reporter was on the ground and i want to play a little piece of this because it is incredible. then i want to talk to you about what is happening there on the ground. >> he put us in the path of this storm for a purpose, a plan he has for us. that plan for us is to give our

testimony to people of god's goodness and his protection. after all this, there is one bare spot in this church about a six foot diameter that has a clean floor where she and i were laying. >> molly: in a sense, i mean, there is a miracle that occurred here along with this tragic loss of your building. your thoughts as you begin the rebuilding process. >> we have had the insurance adjuster by. we have started today in working to go through the rubble and collect what we can and to start with the rebuilding process. as i shared with you on sunday, brandi was there. we had a prayer service in front of the church. the building may have been destroyed, but the church is still there because the church is actually made up of people. it is a living body, part of the

body of christ. and we are just excited that, you know, even through the storm, we have come out the other side and our faith is even stronger now than it was before. >> molly: i think a lot of people are watching this and because of the miraculous nature of it and the fact that this has happened for a second time our hearts go out to you. how can people help as you begin this journey of rebuilding the physical structure, as you mentioned the church remains. >> well, first we covet their prayers. second, we have set up a gofundme. i emailed that to you all a bit earlier if you have the link you can show. and then we also for local community members i've set up a fund with our bank, the local bank, bank of franklin, for a tornado relief fund for the oh

zion church. >> molly: here we are on the cusp of 2025 and facing big challenges. the whole nation always facing challenges. what would you say to the people of america as you face that your challenges there at home? >> no matter what we see around us and the struggles and all of the storms of life, god is still in control and if you trust him, you can be stronger when you come out the other side. >> molly: beautiful words, a beautiful building we hope to see rising from the wreckage there in the weeks and months ahead. thank you very much. inspirational story as well with the miracle that occurred. we're glad no one was hurt and that you have a bright future ahead of you. god bless and thank you very much for joining us. >> god bless you. >> molly: a prosperous and happy new year despite all of this. >> bryan: the clock about to strike midnight in tokyo as the world rings in the new year and america is not far behind.

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