mikey wright.de, which is believed to be one of the oldest folk festivals in america. but despite the coronavirus restrictions, hundreds of revellers still held an unsanctioned march on new year's day. aru na iyengar reports. this was the rogue version of philadelphia's traditional new year's day mummers parade. the official parade was cancelled months ago, due to the covid pandemic. hundreds marched in costumes. mummering is a folk tradition where amateur actors and dancers visit house to house during festivals or holidays. hgppy happy new year! we just wanted to ring in the new year. what do you think about today? it's beautiful. i love that people are still getting out for it. we'll be out here all day. why was it important for you to be out here? ‘cause it's tradition, just getting him into the south philly tradition. the mummers parade hasn't been cancelled in decades, but there were over 640,000 covid cases in the state of pennsylvania on thursday and at this event, there was little social di

. >> reporter: seeing a water rescue mikey wright picks up his camera >> oh, no. she's getting dragged out. >> i was like this is going to turn really bad here and i literally was just -- had a beer in hand and said to my wife, here, take this. >> you can't save him. >> reporter: want to make a bet 24-year-old wright is a pro surfer, an australian most famous for his trademark mullet, until now. he jumps the fence and makes an all-out sprint to the struggling person, a woman. that's right, jumping into the hawaiian surf >> i just came and met her on the other side of the rock. i just dove straight in and just went straight for her >> reporter: the waves as high as 15 feet in the rough winter conditions on the north side of oahu >> pretty much as soon as i got her in my arms i just told her i said hey, you're going to be okay >> reporter: the ferocious surf had other ideas. mike's sister tyler, a world champion surfer, helping from shore >> if it wasn't for my sister, i wouldn't have known to grab her, pick her up and like throw myself into the waves and take the f

. >> reporter: seeing a water rescue mikey wright picks up his camera. >> this is going to turn bad ier in hand i said to my wife, take this. >> he can't save you. >> want to make a bet? 24-year-old is a pro surfer, he jumps the fence and makes an all-out sprint to the struggling person, a woman jumping into the hawaiian surf. >> i met her on the other side of the raft. i do i have straight in. went straight for her. >> the waves as high as 15 feet in the rough winter conditions on the north side of oahu. >> pretty much as soon as i got her in my arms i just told her, i said, hey, you're going to be okay >> reporter: the ferocious surf had other ideas. wright's sister helping for sure. >> if it wasn't for my sister i wouldn't have known to grab her, throw myself into the wave. >> reporter: finally wright with help brings the grateful woman to the beach and meets her son. >> she was hugging me so close saying thank you i thought she was gone and he was in tears. >> wright now adding hero to his resume, nean thompson, cbs news. >> new perspective for 2021. >>> on new year's day two base

here you can see mikey wright sprinting towards the waves after realising someone was getting swept awayto reach the woman. he had to battle to keep hold of her as the waves crashed over them and swept them off their feet, but mikey eventually got her to the safety of the beach. and mikey wrightjoins us live from the north shore of oahu. thank you for coming onto the programme. thanks heaps for having us. what did you see out of the corner of your eye and that split—2nd decision you made to go in that and help? we had literally been sitting in our backyard and we have seen this lady getting swept off her feet and neglect that she was going to a serious bit of danger here and the rocks she is on it is all volcano rocks so it is very sharp and she was just getting dragged off the rugs and out into the ocean —— rocks. the waves were ten foot plus. 0bviously, by the time i got down there, the set was big which was lucky for her and myself. as soon as i seen i thought this lady is going to need saving and ijumped the fence, ripped my shirt off and ran straight down the beach as quickly as i c

here you can see mikey wright sprinting towards the waves after realising someone was the waves afterer, which was full of sharp rocks, to reach the woman. he had to battle to keep hold of her as the waves crashed over them and swept them off their feet. crashed over them and swept them off theirfeet. but crashed over them and swept them off their feet. but mikey eventually got her up to the safety of the beach. and i spoke to mikey on the north shore of oahu, talked me through the rescue. we're literallyjust sitting up here on our backyard and we've seen this lady getting swept off her feet and it straight away clicked that she's actually going to be in serious danger here and the rocks that she's on it, it's like all volcano rock, so it's very sharp and she was just getting dragged off the rocks and out into the ocean. 0ut into where the waves were ten foot plus. you know, obviously, by the time i got down there to her the sets weren't as big which was lucky for her and myself. as soon i seen it, i thought, this lady's going to need saving so ijumped the fence, ripped me shirt off a

here you can see mikey wright sprinting towards the waves after realising someone was getting swept awayocks, to reach the woman. he had to battle to keep hold of her as the waves crashed over them and swept them off their feet, but mikey eventually got her to the safety of the beach. a uk ticket—holder has started the new year by winning the euromillions jackpot of nearly a0 million pounds that's around 55 million dollars. one ticket matched all five regular numbers and two lucky stars in the draw on friday night. the winning numbers were 16, 28, 32, 44 and 48 with you're watching bbc news. now a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello there. we've got a cold weekend coming up. today, a day of sunshine and showers, but for some of us, we've already seen some snowfall. this was dunbar in east lothian, the eastern side of scotland seeing the snow this morning. those snow showers have been tracking across fife, also bringing a covering of snow before working across east lothian, the scottish borders and into north—east england. now, i wouldn't be too surprised if some areas got around

here you can see mikey wright sprinting towards the waves after realising someone was getting swept away to battle to keep hold of her as the waves crashed over them and swept them off their feet, but mikey eventually got her to the safety of the beach. a uk ticket—holder has started the new year by winning the euromillions jackpot of nearly £40 million. 0ne ticket matched all five regular numbers and two lucky stars in the draw on friday night. the winning numbers were 16, 28, 32, 44 and 48, with the lucky stars 01 and 09. now it's time for a look at the weather with helen willetts. good afternoon. with the cold weather remaining for the rest of the weekend at least, the showers that are coming along are falling as snow over the hills, but even at lower levels, and so ice is a real concern because it is bitter out there. even with the sunshine, temperatures are barely reaching more than 3—4 degrees above freezing, and we have seen quite a number of showers around. so, under the cover of darkness, once again, temperatures will plummet. and it looks as if the showers will continue, as wel

mikey wright was filming the ocean and he saw a woman get swept off the rocks into the ocean. he jumped into action, grabbing onto the woman and pulling her through the waves until they were safely back onshore. he says the ocean can be unpredictable. >> it was good having my sister on the beach directing us which way to go. she actually warned us there was a double-up coming, a double-up is where two waves meet on each other, and instead of the force of one wave, it's actually two waves hitting us at once. her son came running down the beach and latched a hold of me and started fully crying and was just a very emotional and just kept saying "thank you. you saved my mother. i thought she was gone." so it was a very special moment. >> special indeed. we all need a little bit of that. thanks for joining me. i'm robyn curnow. appreciate you being me with the last two hours. i'll hand you over to the team at "early start." see every delivery... every yikes... and even every awwwwwwww... wait, where was i? introducing self protection from xfinity. designed to put you in control. wi

. >> 24-year-old pro surfer mikey wright pulled into 15-foot waves after other swimmers failed to reachloaded his camera, hopped a fence, sprinted to shore and reuniting her with her son. that video racking up 100,000 likes on social media, making him famous for more than just his mult mullet. i love that he literally said, hold my beer, and then did that. >> he didn't hesitate. we're three days into 2021, but he's the hero of 2021. >> we'll take it. >>> it is a new hour. and first up on msnbc, your top headlines. president trump rallying the troops, holding a phone call with house republicans last night on efforts to reject joe biden's win. one gop lawmaker says his goal to overturn election results is, quote, gaining momentum. democrats say

. >> reporter: pro surfer mikey wright handing over his beer and tossing his phone to his wife, still recording as he jumped over a fence and into action. >> within a matter of, you know, minutes really, like by the time i seen it and run down the beach and had her in would have been, you know, a few minutes. >> reporter: the 24-year-old caught up to the swimmer, battling a massive waves, submerging them both several times. >> i kept having to tell her like she's okay, like we're going to be okay. we're going to get in and i just i made sure that she didn't let go. >> reporter: as they approached the shore a handful of beach goers rushed to help, a wave lifting them off their feet but they were able to get her to safety. >> this is a nasty situation. this person is going to need help. >> reporter: what's not captured on that video is what happened after, wright says the woman's son rushed over, latching onto him thanking him for saving his mother's life. ellen lopez, abc news, atlanta. >>> in australia, only in australia, a koala was seen taking a stroll along a beach going over surfb

>>it started out like any other day at the beach pro surfer mikey wright was taking video of the powerful this. >>now. i >>a woman struggling to get out of the water. >>what mike had already taken off jumping the fence of the home he was staying in and sprinting to the water to save her and actually went from 0 to a 100 really quick and she was actually a lot to digest. >>he says the situation got even worse as he got closer as i was running down the bay chart could she actually she actually went on the underlying numbers on the for little also was kind this looking at what the water was doing and i know she was going to get tripped and so the downside rent he finally got to the water and job and but the waves weren't making it easy bystanders watched in fear. >>well my keys experience in the water made all the difference. >>you know its says i got i was just like jarek i you know what going to be a pilot and as soon as i kind you know it's out of the side i just was watching what we what was kind of happening which the war was really draw ring off and down off the rocks and unfortunately

viral video shows the woman struggling in the rough surf mikey wright told his wife, hold my beer, and then the 24-year-old pro surfer from australia ran into the water he grabbed the woman and held on as huge waves thrashed them around they made it back to shore safe and sound. >>> vermont. in the market for a new home this one comes with four bedrooms, two baths and an abandoned jail the essex county jail shut down in 1969, according to the listing on realtor.com take a look at the old cells with their rusty toilets and barred windows the jailer used to live here now it's all on sale for $149,000 >>> pennsylvania this little bundle of joy playing a big role in her parents' engagement. isla rose born last week at a hospital near pittsburgh she helped her dad pop the question here she is swaddling in a blanket that says "will you marry my daddy?" mom says yes, and now they're part of a cnbc trip, coast to coast. >>> i'm shepard smith on cnbc. it's the bottom of the hour, time for the top of the news there is zero evidence of widespread voter fraud from the presidential election. none b

. >> reporter: pro surfer mikey wright watching it all unfold, handing over his beer and tossing his, still recording, as he jumped over a fence and into action. >> within a matter of, you know, minutes really, like by the time i seen it and run down the beach and had her in would have been, you know, a few minutes. >> reporter: the 24-year-old caught up to the swimmer, battling a massive waves, submerging them both several times. >> i kept having to tell her like she's okay, like we're going to be okay. we're going to get in and i just i made sure that she didn't let go. >> reporter: as they approached the shore a handful of beach goers rushed to help, a wave lifting them off their feet but they were able to get her to safety. >> this is a nasty situation. this person is going to need help. >> reporter: what's not captured on that video is what happened after, wright says the woman's son rushed over, latching onto him thanking him for saving his mother's life. ellen lopez, abc news, atlanta. >>> in australia, only in australia, a koala was seen taking a stroll along a beach going ov