it's wednesday, january 1, 2025. this is "cbs news mornings." hello, 2025. the ball dropped and so did the rain as new year's celebrations went off without incident in new

york's times square. we'll show you the festivities around the world. glittering gala. president-elect donald trump held his annual new year's party at mar-a-lago. the big names on the guest list and trump's prediction for the new year. and record seizure. the largest stockpile of homemade explosives ever found by the fbi and the virginia man in custody. good morning and happy new year. i'm michael george. well, it's officially 2025, but the rain couldn't stop the confetti from flying at new york's times square where about a million people packed the streets to usher in the new year. the soggy celebrations went off without a hitch under tight security. there were festive scenes around the country. jarred hill is in new york with more. jarred, good morning and happy new year. >> michael, happy new year. you know, the first place to ring in 2025 was the pacific island of kirabas around 5:00

a.m. yesterday. here in new york that didn't stop hundreds of thousands of people from checking out one of the biggest new year's sell breaks in the world. a celebration for the ages as nearly a million people rang in 2025 under the glow of new york's famous times square. >> i'm just like really, really happy. the vibe here is unbelievable! >> reporter: while umbrellas weren't allowed, rain didn't dampen the spirit of revelers. squeezed flue the cross roads of the world. the tradition of ringing in the new year in times square goes back to the early 1900s. around the world fireworks rained down to help ring in the new year. paris with a light show. backstage crowds gathered for a parade in philadelphia, and around a 3-foot long illuminated pickle in mount olive, north carolina. but the first drone light show in folly beach, south carolina,

ended abruptly when drones forming a dolphin slowly drifted back to land. >> it looked like a gust of wind hit it and just kind of -- it dispersed. >> reporter: and this group of friends in san francisco took time to cherish the present. >> we cling to the things we love most, which is each other and our city. >> reporter: as many look forward to embracing a new year. and a new year comes with new laws across the country. you've got places like d.c. where retailers have to accept cash. there are a number of age-based social media bans across the country, some of those are being challenged. and places like minnesota, those will make it a bit more transparent to buy tickets to certain events. and, michael, for anybody who might fall off their fitness goals in 2025, in new york it just got a little bit easier to cancel a gym membership. >> all right, that's good news. jarred hill in new york, thanks.

well, president-elect donald trump held his annual new year's eve galla at mar-a-lago in florida. trump arrived with wife melania. the incoming president offered his prediction for 2025. >> it's a great year. i think we're going to do fantastically well across the country. and there's a whole lot over the world, not just our country. there's a lot of very happy people. >> also at the party tech billionaire elon musk with his son on his shoulders, and seen on the red carpet texas senator ted cruz, donald trump jr., and eric trump. donald trump also confirmed he will attend the funeral of former president jimmy carter. preparations are being made for the nation's farewell to carter who died on sunday at the age of 100. the events began on saturday in carter's hometown with a national funeral service set for the following week in washington, d.c. cbs' mark strassmann reports from plains, georgia. >> reporter: on new year's eve plains prepares to say good-bye to an old friend and neighbor, the 39th president of the united states. this is the death of a global figure. >> yes.

>> reporter: but is there also death in a small town feel to this? >> i would say yes because just like i knew him on a personal level. i would say 50, 60% of the town knew him that same way. >> reporter: andi walker spent more than two decades as a friend, neighbor, and cook to the carters. she'll be among the mourners here when public remembrances begin on saturday. what is it you'll miss most about him? >> his charisma, his character, his love of everybody. the values that he brought into what made him such a powerhouse. >> reporter: at the carter center in atlanta, everyday americans will get to pay their respects this weekend. >> it will be open 24/7. there should not be major crowds or major lines, although i do expect people to want to spend a little bit of time, and so we

will go with the flow as they want. >> reporter: over six days public ceremonies will honor the peanut farmer, navy veteran, and former president. at the u.s. capitol he'll lie in state before his state funeral at the national cathedral on january 9th. jason carter, president carter's grandson. >> for the other 92 years of his life he was just a citizen, and he considered that to be a high title. >> reporter: jason carter will give one of the eulogies at next week's state funeral. mark strasman, cbs news plains, georgia. much of puerto rico remains without power this morning. a system wide blackout yesterday impacted more than 1.3 million customers on the island. it could take up to two days to restore. it says the outage was likely caused by the failure of an

underground power line. president biden spoke to puerto rico last night and offered federal assistance. the fbi says it found the largest stockpile of finished explosive devices in the bureau's history during the arrest of a virginia man. brad stafford was arrested two weeks ago for allegedly possessing an unregistered short barrel rifle. federal prosecutors say that while executing a search warrant at his farm, investigators found a stockpile of more than 150 homemade improvised explosive devices, mostly pipe bombs. court documents say he used photos of president biden for target practice. supreme court chief justice john roberts is warning about threats to judicial independence. in his annual year end report on the federal judiciary, roberts wrote violence, intimidation, and violence directed at judges because of their work undermine our republic and are wholly unacceptable. he also warned about the prospect of public officials defying court orders they disagree with, calling it dangerous.

overseas now to south korea where authorities announced all 179 people who died in a plane crash sunday have been identified. today the families of the victims were taken to the crash site for the first time to pay their respects. u.s. investigators and representatives from boeing have examined the crash site. cbs' ramy inocencio has the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: soldiers painstakingly sifted the soil around south korea's worst airline disaster looking for human remains among the mangled debris and magazines fluttering in the wind. eight u.s. experts joined the investigation from the national transportation safety board, federal aviation administration, and boeing. rupert wingfield-hayes with cbs news partner, the bbc, was there. >> here in south korea we see them out on the field, on the crash site, inspecting the crash site behind me here. but the focus of the investigation is not going to be here. it is going to be on what are called the black box flight recorders are that are inside the plane in every commercial

aircraft. those have been recovered. >> reporter: sunday morning the pilot reported a bird strike, aborted one landing and requested to land the opposite way. the plane's landing gear had not been deployed. it crashed into a concrete structure housing an airline landing system only about 800 feet from the runway's end. just this year the airport said its location should be removed. >> the passengers were killed by hitting a solid structure just over the end of the runway, where a solid structure should not be. >> reporter: as the world marks the turn of a new year, in south korea anger and anguish. from the families of victims simply driving them to tears and for answers. rmy inocencio, cbs news, london. coming up, if you're still looking for a new year's resolution, we have some tips on how to focus on your mental health. and how wall street capped off a stellar year despite

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feeling like there wasn't any way out. >> reporter: molly peterson, the director of adult programs for minnesota's national alliance on mental illness. >> i don't think enough people are saying i really want to improve they mental well-being in the new year. they want to do better in their job, they want to do better on their weight. >> reporter: but pacifically focusing on mental health can be attainable. >> as you mentioned meditation, that's a great one because it's literally forcing you to just sit in the present moment and not have racing thoughts and negative self-talk. >> reporter: here's tips to get started in the new year. use an app as they can guide beginners how to meditate. create a space in your home to designate as the meditation area. set an attainable goal for how often you'll do it. lastly, find an accountability partner, either someone to meditate with you, or gently remind you to stay on track. >> it gives me the option of choosing do i want to continue following anxiety thoughts or do i want to do something else?

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watch report. >> wall street's 2024 blockbuster gains closed out the year on a down note, hitting tech the hardest. the dow lost 29 points. the tech heavy nasdaq dropped 175. and the s&p 500 lost 25. despite stocks closing low on new year's eve in a disappointing december, 2024 and 2023 were the best two years of stock caps in a quarter century. the s&p gained more than 23% in 2024 after rising 24% in 2023. fugitive crypto king do kwon is now in the hands of the fbi to answer to charges of duping investors out of $40 billion. montenegro expedited the crypto currency mogul to the united states on tuesday. kwon cofounded terra-form labs. and u.s. prosecutors claim he misled investors about the

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witham, bill bush, alex parker, and nick steen told us in october protecting the 39th president was anything but average. how many countries did you visit with the former president? >> at that time it was 127. >> reporter: can anyone beat that? >> i can. 140. >> a little over 140. >> reporter: circumventing the globe with his detail. >> he just wants to do good work and stay faithful to that. >> reporter: that drive pushed carter to war zones, defying warnings from intelligence officials. >> still going. >> reporter: but the dangerous assignment of protecting the peacemaker in chief came with its rewards. carter insisted on this photo celebrating his nobel peace prize together with agents. >> he definitely knew what he wanted. and he would make it clear to you. >> reporter: as he aged, the president still sought out a few joy rides with former first lady rosalynn. >> within the last two years he

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