kremlin central square where people are preparing for especially that so right now we're in a cathedral square where a giant fir tree is being decorated for near celebrations these streets tents between the palaces a warship and the palaces of the stars and can just tell you something one hundred years old which basically means that it was worn when the last start was still alive. one can see that this russian christmas tree has won a very demanding seasonal beauty pageant. gardner spent several months searching moscow regions for the right candidate at least thirty meters tall pyramid shaped and displaying ample flowing each once these criteria is where match the judges ignored the wait and. see is especially ordered for this christmas tree and it's carried straight into the kremlin. it's not dirty or mirrors high it's like twenty times my height and in no time base three is going to be wearing at the department store was jewelry and decorations about two thousand. one thousand five hundred meters of garland that's like almost enough to surround the kremlin tussle with. the trees decorations

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cathedral. >> jackson square, the highway. gone. no access. >> reporter: and the damage wouldn't end there. >> all you see in front of us, all these trees, all the grass and ground, gone. this is an upramp to an elevated highway. both the mayor, the governor, the city council all wanted that elevated highway in the worst way. >> reporter: so a small group of people went to war, until reinforcements arrived from san francisco. >> and they wouldn't accept a nickel. they came to save the city of new orleans from an elevated highway based on their experience in san francisco, with the embarcadero. never seen anything like it. >> reporter: the brigade's best weapon? one single photograph. >> we had a photograph of the embarcadero. and we juxtaposed a drawing that we did and set this out as a christmas card, all over america. >> reporter: with that shot, the project was defeated. the tide of urban freeways was turned. and new orleans was saved. >> we owe san francisco big time. >> san francisco doesn't want to be walled in or walled off f

louis cathedral. [ church bells ] >> jackson square, the highway. gone. no access to the river. it's over. >> reporter: and the damage wouldn't end there. >> all you see in front of us, all these trees, all the grassy grounds are gone. this is an up ramp to an elevated highway. >> both the mayor, the governor, the city council, all wanted that elevated highway in the worst way. >> reporter: so a small group of new orleanians went to war. >> we were the underdogs. >> reporter: until reinforcements arrived from san francisco. >> they wouldn't accept a nickel. they came on their own to save the city of new orleans from an elevated highway based on their experience in san francisco with the embarcadero. never seen anything like it. >> reporter: the san francisco brigade's best weapon, one single image. >> we had a photograph of the embarcadero as it passed in front of the ferry building in san francisco. and we juxtaposed a drawing that we did of the vieux carre riverfront expressway elevated in front of jackson square and we sent this out as a christmas card all over america. >> re

louis cathedral. [ church bells ] >> jackson square, the highway. gone. no access to the river. it's over. >> reporter: and the damage wouldn't end there. >> all you see in front of us, all these trees, all the grassy grounds are gone. this is an up ramp to an elevated highway. >> both the mayor, the governor, the city council, all wanted that elevated highway in the worst way. >> reporter: so a small group of new orleanians went to war. >> we were the underdogs. >> reporter: until reinforcements arrived from san francisco. >> they wouldn't accept a nickel. they came on their own to save the city of new orleans from an elevated highway based on their experience in san francisco with the embarcadero. never seen anything like it. >> reporter: the san francisco brigade's best weapon, one single image. >> we had a photograph of the embarcadero as it passed in front of the ferry building in san francisco. and we juxtaposed a drawing that we did of the vieux carre riverfront expressway elevated in front of jackson square and we sent this out as a christmas card all over america. >> re

this is jack fin square and st. louis cathedral a, that's turned into a virtual media encampment. but out there, it's still easy to find a lot of 49er fans. >> what's it like being a transplant with all of the saints here. >> i love the saints. i got a lot of respect for them. >> reporter: go niners. >> go niners. >> reporter: you want me on this side? it's a long way from fisherman's wharf to jackson square but there are a lot of similarities between the two cities. street performers and tree artists abound. tourists are everywhere. that person you see wearing a 49er jersey may or may not be from the bay area. what's it like having your fave rim team come to your hometown and play in the super bowl? >> it's amazing. the first time they came and played the broncos, i got a chance to go to the game. so i'm just eni joying the festivities until i go offshore. i will be watching the game from the middle of the gulf of mexico. >> reporter: on an oil platform? >> a shell oil platform. >> reporter: wow. we stopped in a voodoo shop in the french quarter to find out if there's a curse or

louis cathedral. [ church bells ] >> jackson square, the highway. gone. no access to the river.age wouldn't end there. >> all you see in front of us, all these trees, all the grassy grounds are gone. this is an up ramp to an elevated highway. >> both the mayor, the governor, the city council, all wanted that elevated highway in the worst way. >> reporter: so a small group of new orleanians went to war. >> we were the underdogs. >> reporter: until reinforcements arrived from san francisco. >> they wouldn't accept a nickel. they came on their own to save the city of new orleans from an elevated highway based on their experience in san francisco with the embarcadero. never seen anything like it. >> reporter: the san francisco brigade's best weapon, one single image. >> we had a photograph of the embarcadero as it passed in front of the ferry building in san francisco. and we juxtaposed a drawing that we did of the vieux carre riverfront expressway elevated in front of jackson square and we sent this out as a christmas card all over america. >> reporter: with that shot, the project

louis cathedral. [ church bells ] >> jackson square, the highway. gone. no access to the river. it's over. >> reporter: and the damage wouldn't end there. >> all you see in front of us, all these trees, all the grassy grounds are gone. this is an up ramp to an elevated highway. >> both the mayor, the governor, the city council, all wanted that elevated highway in the worst way. >> reporter: so a small group of new orleanians went to war. >> we were the underdogs. >> reporter: until reinforcements arrived from san francisco. >> they wouldn't accept a nickel. they came on their own to save the city of new orleans from an elevated highway based on their experience in san francisco with the embarcadero. never seen anything like it. >> reporter: the san francisco brigade's best weapon, one single image. >> we had a photograph of the embarcadero as it passed in front of the ferry building in san francisco. and we juxtaposed a drawing that we did of the vieux carre riverfront expressway elevated in front of jackson square and we sent this out as a christmas card all over america. >> re

it was almost as tough to get into moscow's red square, revelers having to pass through intense security as fireworks exploded behind the cathedralt. basil. in several european cities the celebrations were more muted than in the past. the only fireworks came from the crowd. the blowout was bigger in the berlin gate. the capital was expecting 1 million visitors for a 2 kilometer long party. after one year of royal and olympic celebrations, the london fireworks felt like a giant national pat on the back. from river to river, everyone was there. >> gangham stlye. >> across the land ethic, it was the turn of rio de janeiro and a massive 16 minute spectacular. to north america and the mother of all new year's parties, they said the celebrations in motion. >> if you were a little bit bleary eyed and ready for a coffee, think again and go to the netherlands. stay with us. india scaled-back the new year's celebration this year. there was public outrage over a woman who was gang raped and beaten on a bus in delhi. >> as nations around the world celebrated the beginning of a new year, this one was still morning. official celebrations were

of the kremlin's towers revelers from across russia came to rest squared watch the counting minutes of fireworks about the iconic cathedral . there were mixed emotions regarding the year that's passed with some sad to see it end but many more hopeful that twenty thirteen will see better times. for takes a look at the world that could have been. twenty twelve was certainly full of disappointing headlines hope fueled by the arab spring turned into the turmoil of the arab autumn the war in syria claimed countless lives and the fiscal crisis all the european union torn apart at its very seams and the problems facing our world today certainly don't offer themselves up to an easy fix what if things have turned out differently what if opportunities were actually a pawn instead of missed well here's our look at the twenty twelve headlines that could have been. diplomacy succeeds in syria ending bloody conflict. instead this was the image of syria the world saw increasingly violent clashes between government forces and the opposition had claimed more than forty thousand lives efforts to negotiate a diplomatic solution fell flat as

it's a warmer morning in new orleans, we're in jackson square just right across from it. you can see the st. louis cathedral morning out here. it's actually maybe a little misty, a little foggy out, but the city is prepping for super bowl xlvii. some of those beads are being thrown away to start focusing on football in the next couple of days. i told you all morning long that new orleans really knows how to throw a party but this year, they are tea throwing not only one party, they're throwing too. mardi gras is under way in new orleans. two weeks of nonstop parades, booze and beads. but this year, the festivities serve as bookends for the super bowl. >> we control crowds better than anybody in the world hands down no question about it. and this year, we want to do something even more. >> reporter: that's because 150,000 people are expected for the big game alone and even more for the last week of mardi gras. >> our police department has more experience than any other police department in the nation in managing large crowds because we do mardi gras every year. it's the equivalent of a super bowl every year.

that's where we are right across from jackson square, right behind me is st. louis cathedral.at one point it burned down because there was a big fire near the french quarter. but they had to rebuild it again. beautiful cathedral. we hope to go inside in just -- hopefully maybe later today or at least by tomorrow. but we're working hard out here and we're finally seeing some football fans, frank. >> i know. you had that one you interviewed earlier. actually from new orleans that happens to be a 9er fan. we are going to share a couple of photos now and you can chime in if you would like. matthew in a 49er helmet. check him out right there. he will grow into it soon. matthew a huge 49ers fan and so is 4-year-old johnnie, his helmet a little bit of a better fit there. a couple of younger generation 9ers fans. rocky has exhaust the himself rooting for the 49ers. there he is right there taking a snooze. a good long nap. he will be ready for super bowl sunday, as well. keep them coming. you can email your photos to news@kpix.com or upload your photos to our website, cbssf.com. super

square. i know, frank, you have been here a few times. you can see behind me, st. louis cathedralart of

the mississippi river this way, jackson square, the st. louis cathedral behind me. crowds like this. you're looking at pictures. this is the fleur-de-lis, of course. if you've been to new orleans, you know the fleur-de-lis is really the symbol here of new orleans. that's sitting atop jack's brewery here in the french quarter. we also have -- this is sofrt quintessential new orleans. you have the baby new year. a little back story with the baby new year is the fact they had this baby, they spray-paint this baby. it represents basically out with the old, in with the new year, the rebirth of the new year. the kingpin. mardi gras here. apparently, what happened with this baby new year with katrina a number of years ago, baby new year floated away, and amazingly enough they found baby new year floating along this warehouse with these guys who apparently put all these floats together. baby new year now has this new orleans saints helmet on. honestly, who dat nation here is very proud of the saints. that's just a little bit of the back story here in new orleans. i've got a

the mississippi river this way, jackson square the st. louis cathedral behind me.s basically out with the old in with the new year the rebirth of the new year. the kingpin. mardi gras here. apparently, what happened with this baby new year with katrina a number of years ago, baby new year floated away and amazingly enough they found baby new year floating along this warehouse with these guys who apparently put all these floats together. baby new year now has this new orleans saints helmet on. honestly, who dat nation here is very proud of the saints. that's just a little bit of the back story here in new orleans. i've got a couple jazz local musicians. we're going to talk to them here in just a moment. if we have sanjay because i think sanjay gupta is still running in central park. sanjay gupta is running? i want you to -- let's go back. anderson and kathy. >> rihanna will be here -- >> someone on twitter was saying there's going to be a drinking game every time i giggle nervously. [ giggling ] >> calvin harris and swedish house mafia. >> who's calvin harris? >> ok