macarthur,uglas general nimitz and general halsey the send it from above. first person to sign the been the would have person signing on behalf of the japanese delegation, then the japanese military. the third person was general douglas macarthur. he signed it supreme allied commander. sign wouldperson to be admiral nimitz. britain,a, great australia, new zealand, netherlands, each in turn. there are two copies. one was to be kept by the u.s., one was to be kept by japan. we do not display the originals. in the archives in washington, d.c. and the war museum in tokyo. we have a replica of one of macarthur's pens. he only had to sign his name six pens for a very simple reason. if youstill do today look at lawmakers when they sign important laws. you want to give them away as souvenirs. simply, these proceedings are closed. he gave the signal, and over 1000 aircraft flew in formation. from the beginning of the ceremony to the end, 23 minutes. that is all it took to end the bloodiest conflict in american history. now we are back on the uss missouri. have now c

no. >> halsey and i ask for publicity in this very difficult time. >> that's funny. >>> now to julia laughs with our nischelle turner. she have joins us from new york with that. hey niecy. >> julia's movie, no laughing matter. julia plays a mom desperately trying to save her son in the drama "ben is back" opposite lucas hedges. now lucas' dad, peter, actually directs them in this movie. so i had to know if that gave julia some inspiration. >> do you think you could ever direct your kids? how would they take direction from you? >> i do it all day. brush your teeth. wear your shoes. get your bag. we're gonna be late. all day. that's all i do. >> those mad mom skills aren't just reserved for her own kids. julia and lucas hit it off on set just like a real mother and son. >> i feel like we have a really genuine connection that it making that -- i forget about the legacy. >> the second name. >> yeah, i do. >> he just calls me julia. >> you get a day. >> are you sure? >> so as long as you pass the drug test that i'm about to administer. >> what is your favorite julia roberts' film? >> "eri

it's the one, thely mary halsey, otherwise known as -- >> mrs.ite sister is in the park. >> mary stepped up to the mike at an outdoo pnic in august and changed our lives forever. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> b that was just the beginning for the superstar. mary was invited to the "ellen" show for an encore performance which came with a big surprise. a new year's toast to the hopes of another mary halsey single dropping. >> yeah! >>> we can only hope a lot of year.ighs and lows this other than the eagles one, i approve of your countdown. >>> coming u next, willie takes a look back at sunday sitdowns including breakout stars on the big a small screens, musicians and comedy legends. >>> then harry smith on the remarkable people he met in 2018 who are each making this country a better place in their own a better place in their own special way. ways metal vibration therapy.at: [heavy guitar lick] [glass shattering!] not cool. freezing away fat cells with coolsculpting? now that's cool! coolsculpting safely freezes and removes fat cells with little or no downtime. and no

. >> also tonight, cher, halsey, e john , and miley cyrus will perform. watch it at 8:00 tonight nbc4. >> more reasons to tune in. christmas came early last night for one of katie ledecky's biggest fans. >> he met the swimming star at an annualoliday event in bethb bethesda. estplayed santa while the of the crew spent the dayhe spreading christmas joy. arhe took himself after getting a big hug from local swimming star. she says the annual event is thh ght of her holiday season. >> yeah. i think i have been doing this se last 20 years. it's always funee my neighbors and see santa g andet everyone into the christmas spirit. >> it's great to see her home.e she's homrom break, from stanford. santa told her he willo try bring more gold medals and good grades. i don't think she needs any help with that. amazing. >> next at 5:00, another update on the breaking news. overnight accident inside a maryland amtrak station. we'll take you there leor an update. >> plus we all knowis amazon heading to our area, for theme first we're hearing how crystal city plans to han

new kids on the block and halsey are others that are performing. nypd drone will keep watch over the percent activities. the percent activities. >> you can watch dick clark's new year's rock in' eve begins t 8:00. >> i was just there in new york. i saw them setting up for the big event tonight. there is no place i would rather not be. you can't pee. >> you have to hold it 8 hours, 12 hours. plus, you're drinking. >> and now there is going to be freezing rain. it will not be very nice in new york. >> it starts at 8:00, most of us will be in bed already. it is 4:00 our time. >> no one told me >> ee. early today. as if you need one, right? 4:48. east bay hills skarcamera. sunny, dry breezes, clear, calming, and cooler tonight. if you're going to be out anywhere from 10:00 and 2:00, 3:00 in the morning, dress for temperatures in the upper 30s to mid-40s. and it is still going to be a tough of a breeze out there. we will only top out at 55 to 58 degrees. pretty close to average even with just about total sunshine. a passing high cloud here and there. te

also tonight cher, halsey, john legend and miley cyrus will purr fo -- perform.he, si excitemen righe tonight on nbc. >> d.c.'s trashiest bar isopen. >> it's called the garbage bar. >> as the district ditches plastic straws, this bar will embrace them for decorative purposon . you'll see jelly fish made out of coffee filters. they're working to find new alternatives because january st, plastic straws will be outlawed in d.c. >> you can t a paper or hay straw. we have to use up the last of our plastic straws and at the end we'll take a straw poll and see what people like best. >> head over to 9trtht and shaw. you've got until december 30th to swing by and see it. >>> it's a tradition for a bde and groom to receive grififts o their special day. >> one couple took their guests somewhere unexpected for a surprise shopping spree. >> reporter: at most weddings -- >> you may kiss your beautif bride. >> reporter: -- the invited guests gift the bride and groom gifts, but this weekend brad and jessica bond flipped that script. 80 guests, some from as far away from the phil

pacific fleet commander and admiral halsey welcome macarthur and his chief of staff aboard. nimitz escorts general macarthur for the 20 minute ceremony to take place. .unday, september 7, 1945 >> right now we are on the 01 level of the battleship missouri. call this the surrender deck. this is where september 2 the japanese sign the unconditional surrender ending world war ii. the plaque behind me is where the table set that day. ship looks different. the shady canopy was not installed and the -- rotated to make more room on the deck for a officials on board. if you looked around above us you would have seen thousands of ewe missouri members cru trying to get a glimpse of what was about to occur on the decks. at 9:00 in the morning the ceremony was supposed to start members of the japanese delegation were making their way on board. they made their way up the ladder behind me and on this deck at 9:02 in the morning general douglas macarthur -- dissented from above to start the ceremony. the first person to sign the surrender documents would have been signing on behalf of the

before the fifth fleet went down under halsey >> we were behind that war for a time, weren't we?d mccain commanded it. he had part of it i think. anyway this was the day after i was shot down september 3rd. and i was picked up by submarines. dear mother and dad this will be the first letter in a long while. i wish i could tell you i'm well and happy. physically i'm okay but i'm troubled inside and with good cause. then we go on. i the fact remains we got hit. the cockpit filled with smoke. i told them to get their parachutes. i didn't hear them. i headed the plane out to sea and put on the throttle so as we could get away from the land as much as possible. explaining what happened. there was no sign of del or ted anywhere around. i'm afraid i was pretty much of a sissy about it because i sat in my life raft and sobbed for a while. it bothers me so very much. and when i bailed out i felt they must have gone and yet now i feel so terribly responsible for their fate. oh, so much right now. >> they died. >> both died. one of them did get out. the japanese reported it and thank god. t

bastille, post malone, new kids on the block and halsey are others that are performing. for the first time ever, an nypd drone will keep watch over the festivities. >> and you can watch the ball drop here on abc 7. dick clark's new year's eve begins at 8:00. >> you two are working in the morning. so you are not going to try to make it until midnight. are you going to try? >> i think i will make it. >> i know i'm not. not a chance. >>l have a toast for all of you. >> okay. perfect. >> you know, i think the fireworks are going to wake me up no matter what i do. >> i can't remember the last time i did not work on new year's day. >>> wah, wah. >> my own pity party on this side of the desk. i'm kidding. not about the pity party. the roof camera. it is quiet. the flags on the ferry building are unfurled. it will be a lot cooler than what it looks outside. a cloud or two. clear tonight. winds will calm down just a little bit. cooler to start 2019 tomorrow. and the storm door is kind of opening. at least we have a chance of rain coming this weekend. all right. 58 degrees in frem

we have to go back to our very first book together, halsey's tycoon which came out in 97 if i remember correctly that there was a decision made early on that you can have four hands on the keyboard. we had to divide our responsibilities. i felt right at the beginning that bob's writing style was well-suited, more well-suited than mine would be. these kind of stories much of which have been devoted to military history. so, and i am much more the nerd who likes to go into a library and spend days there. so we started to divide things that were i would be the principal researcher and bob would be the writer and as batches were written come back to me for some editing and revising. and that was how every, not just the book but that's how every book was done, and i always felt that it was kind of being like a double-play combination. and thankfully, it seems to work well. >> washington had a particularly fractious group of subordinates. what were the strength and weaknesses in dealing with them? >> you want to tackle that went u >> sure, sure, sure. i am the one that read i think it was 190

halsey —— hotels include the sheraton, meridian and four points by sheraton.ease this year. the book reveals difficulty in her marriage and criticises president trump, writing she could never forgive him for suggesting her husband was not born in the us. those are the main stories. we have a big fight coming up stories. we have a big fight coming up this evening. in los angeles. it is tyson fury. did people ever believe this comeback would happen. he was suffering a bang. do people think it would come back to this point? he has lost a installing. he had a special diet and no mackie as the chance to win a world heavyweight crown. i cannot believe that he has lost ten stone in weight. he's used to defying odds because he did not have much chance of survival because he only weighed £1. now he is 69. this will happen at four o'clock in the morning. —— six it is less than six months since his return to the ring and despite losing all that weight he steps into the ring three stone heavier than his opponent. listen as to whether that is an advantage. the american wbc

. >> the chain smokers and halsey. star of the show will be the weather because it's supposed to be just like this on new year's eve with rain. and that certainly can change things, as you know, in a live broadcast. the most pressure is on the performs are who have to do this -- be out in this and perform. >> we get to have fun with it. they have to sound good. >> and all those people who camp out in those blocks for hours. >> you have to think about it. it's a bucket list experience. you might as well -- >> you have to commit. you have to commit. >> and the other fun part is you are the wild card. especially you. >> she's the wild card. >> he's the captain. >> i don't know what i am. i forget that she's going to say, ryan, go. >> go! >> because i'm watching her, laughing. >> there's some script sometimes. not with her. >> she doesn't follow the script. >> shocker. it's the best. >> i'll go rogue a little bit. >> just like it's a small world ride at disneyland. >> she puts in fake script to trick the producers. >> she'

country here in times square, also in new orleans and in los angeles, everyone from the chainsmokers to halseyefore the ball drops then we'll toss from the ball platform out to post malone performing in brooklyn so we're trying to cover all the bases and we start at 8:00 eastern and go until january 3rd. [ laughter ] so feel free to just keep the tv on. >> that's so true. >> i hear there is an ab scour act you're a fan of. the new kids on the block. >> i know. that's what i'm most excited about. there's a story. >> there's some sentimental vae --e hostind ryan hene me for about m making. had nothing to do with the show. it was about finding true love. >> that's what it was. so then i was there and the band was coming up to talk to ryan to be interviewed and i heard, hey, jenny mccarthy and i said, hi, donnie wahlberg and i never met him before. little butterflies happened and then i wound up falling madly in love with him. this year he's performing again, i'm hosting so it's going to be very sentimental. >> the first time he's performing and you're hosting since then. >> correct, in nine years

. >> everyone from the chainsmokers to halsey -- >> charlie puth. >> to post malone who's performingstart at 8:00 eastern and go until january 3rd. >> reporter: even new kids on the block featuring jenny's husband, donnie wahlberg. the two met on the show nearly a decade ago. >> all of a sudden i heard hey, jenny mccarthy, and i had never met him before and then i wound up falling madly in love with him. >> this is the first time he's performing and you're hosting since then? >> correct, in nine years. >> reporter: headlining before midnight, christina aguilera, her first time on the new year's stage since 2007. ♪ makes my cherry pop >> reporter: remember last year that came with a record temperature drop. >> do you feel it? it's ten degrees. it feels like minus seven. >> reporter: this year warmer but maybe wetter. >> that certainly can change things as you know in a live broadcast. i think the most pressure is on the performers who have to do this -- you know, be out in this and perform. >> how are you feeling? >> all right, gang, i told you there was a special addition. they've be

ne eve with>> post malone, new kid block, halsey are a few artists that will perform tonight. christina agricultuuilera will headline. her performance will be just minutes before the ball drops. >> we have to get her -- in years past we had to put artists in office chairs with wheels to roll them down the street to make it in time for one stage to the next. >> yeah. >> there is a whole lot going on to make it seem seamless. >> find out who will join ryan and jenny mccarthy as a special host. that he wants at 7:00 right after "abc 7 mornings". >>> happening today, if you one spot in san francisco is offering some hugs to start the new year's off. >> the 10th annual hug train stops by the golden gate bridge this year. the founder will meet anyone in the u.s. or canada to offer a hug during the holiday season. he raises money by donations to travel to those in need of a little kindness. more than 2, $00 of the $3,000 requested has been raise odd go me.18. >> is this free? >> that one is free. >> what'with coverage havinthroughout your home? how about having internet that can help