but things are already gearing up for a greg knight here and if you look behind me, this is princes street are expecting some 60,000 people to gatherfor expecting some 60,000 people to gather for the main street party in advance of the bells tonight. for more on what is happening this evening i am joined by ed bartram who is in charge of everything tonight. this is a significant year, the 25th anniversary of money celebrations. it is a big year and we want to be give it a big refresh. it isa we want to be give it a big refresh. it is a big —— the biggest street party we have had eight stages, over 100 different performances, acrobats and fire eaters and an amazing light and fire eaters and an amazing light and sound show and the longest fireworks from the castle in the history of hogmanay, nine minutes long and 15,000 different rockets. and did you feel every year you have to go one better? my event company, underbelly, this is our first year running it which is a big honour and it is exciting and we wanted to put oui’ it is exciting and we wanted to put our mark on it and heighten some of

no matter how bad the weather is, though, people tend to turn out for hogmanay on princes street. to be a pretty good night. here, the metropolitan police say a "proportionate" number of officers will be on london's streets this evening, to ensure the safety of new year revellers. scotland yard say there is no intelligence to suggest any threat against the celebrations in central london or anywhere else. a spokesman said there would be a visible police presence, and gave this advice to people coming to celebrate. if you're coming to this particular event, please only come with a ticket. there won't be tickets available on the door, as it were. but there are going to be a lot of people here, so we don't want to get overcrowded, if we can help it. for all those people who wish to come to central london, first of all, wrap up warm. it's pretty chilly at the moment. if you are coming on transport, please plan yourjourney. it's never easy to travel through london at new year's eve. and if you are meeting people, set yourself up a prearranged meeting place so people don't get lost. but a

this is princes street, the main shopping street, and some 60,000 people will be here to enjoy the festivitiesual with a spectacular fireworks display, launched from the ramparts of edinburgh castle. people have been enjoying live music. on security, as jonathan mentioned, it is much the same up here as in london — no specific threats to events tonight but police are on duty and they are remaining vigilant for anything which might happen. 0ne remaining vigilant for anything which might happen. one good piece of news tonight is the weather, because this is scotland and went on and it's not normally that great, but it looks quite good. the weather is decent, and everyone is having a great time, and i think we are in store for a great night ahead. great time, and i think we are in store for a great night aheadlj think they already are! in football, arsene wenger reached a milestone by taking charge of arsenal... manchester city were held toa arsenal... manchester city were held to a goalless draw by crystal palace but still head into the new year with a 1a— point lead at the top of the table. ada

princes street is behind me, the main street through the city centre which has been transformed into 60,000 people down the street here and 150,000 people overall have come to attenborough to see the new year. there will be a lot of famous act such as rag and bone man. it is the party and the people down here who have been the real stars of the show. security has been a big issue here in edinburgh. police scotland say they have laid an extra resource thing to make sure everything goes smoothly with the deployment of armed police officers. there have been no major incidents tonight, that we have heard of. police say there is no specific threat to the events tonight and it seems like everything is going well. everything is building up to the big crescendo dig a huge fireworks display. launched as it is every year from the rampart of edinburgh castle. the best news i think so far is that the weather has stayed dry. the area is cold but as you can see behind me everyone is having a fantastic time, ready for the final countdown. that is andrew black in the pure baltic cold of edinburgh. t

this is the main street in edinburgh, princes street, which has been transformed for a street party tonight0,000 people in total coming to edinburgh to see in the new year. tonight will end with a massive crescendo, a huge fireworks display, which is set off every year from the edinburgh castle and battlements, and it has been extended at in is going to be a record ten minutes long. people have been enjoying live music from the likes of rag'n‘bone man and the human league as well. also there is the serious issue of security at big public events like this. pulleys here have put extra resources out on the streets, including armed officers in, but as with the event in london, there has not been any specific threat, and at the moment police have been trying to make sure that people can enjoy themselves as much as possible while keeping a close eye on things. some more good news tonight, because this is scotla nd news tonight, because this is scotland and the weather can sometimes be fairly horrific in the winter chill parts of the country have been battered by storm dylan over the last day or s

yeah, just look behind me at princes street, the main street in edinburgh, the party is really starting00 people in total on this street to see the fireworks tonight. as well as that we've also got a tonne of live bands performing tonight, including rag and bone man and others. but we also have some more home—grown talent as well and i'm joined now by one of the bands which is performing tonight. welcome to you both. it has been a big year for you, you have won the scottish album of the year award, so how was that? it was amazing, it's been a crazy year, we never imagined that would happen but it was a huge honour and we have had a nice time. and how did you get involved in playing here tonight?” and how did you get involved in playing here tonight? i can't hear you, sorry! how did you get involved in playing here tonight? we were invited to play and it was a real pleasure and it should be fun. have you done something on this scale before? no, not at all. we played at the hydro the other day and that was the hydro the other day and that was the biggest room with ever played m, the bigge

street week" right after this. announcer: coming up, saudi's crown prince has ambitious plan to bring country into the future that includesf trillion dollar city and massive social reforms. we'll have that and more when "wall street week" returns. . maria: with plans to build a mega city that carries a price tag of more than a half a trillion dollars, saudi arabia is investing heavily on a future that is not about oil. at the future investment initiative in saudi arabia, i spoke with his royal highness prince muhammad bin salman alsaad, it was clear more big changes are on the way for saudi arabia. >> your highness, you have an incredibly beautiful country. you have the resources, but you are having radical ideas, some might say. recently you've announced you will soon allow women to drive. you are allowing foreign investment in your beautiful country. why now? what triggered this change in thinking? >> first of all, i don't want to get out of this topic and discuss politics outside of the scope of today, but i'll just be very brief. saudi arabia was not like this prior to '79. saudi arabia and the entire region, you have

princes are stormtroopers or not. >> when e met them, they were in street clothes. r saw them in a stormtrooper outfit. >> we can't reveal if the scenes the princes shot made the final cut. we do know however neither william nor harry's names appear in the end credits. listen, "star wars" is big. these two have even bigger events coming out this spring. prince harry, of course, is marrying meghan markle. and the birth of william and kate's third child. >> i'm so excited about both. i can't decide which one i'm more excited about. >>> the next story touched the heart of a lot of parents, mine included. jimmy kimmel brought out his son. the baby just went through his second open heart surgery not long ago. what is next. >> i'm jimmy. this is billy. i was out last week because this guy had heart surgery. look, he's fine, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: jiminy choked upwh son. just a week after his second surgery in seven months, billy stayed comparatively calm. >> dad i do cries on tv. billy doesn't. >> reporter: jimmy's son will have two undergo a third

princely wedding. harish was ten in 1946 and recalls the splendour of the ceremony. archive: escorted by the royal guard, the bride groom drives through the streetsall princes were there. princely patrons with turbans on their heads. dance girls used to be brought there, musicians and all that. and he recalls getting his first taste of this other world. for the first time, i saw bread, butter, sandwich, everything. because that was not known to us here. my father said you eat this, this is bread and this is butter. i liked it. there were small pastries. there was huntley and palmer biscuits. important thing is that the formal photograph of his highness. the nawab‘s own most legendary indulgence was his love of animals. his love of dogs. i think almost all brands and varieties of dogs from all the world were here. he used to arrange marriages for dogs and celebrated parties and then they were sent for honeymoon. with the advent of independence, the power and influence of india's royal rulers was coming to an end. come partition, the muslim nawab wanted to makejunagadh part of the newly created islamic pakistan. even though the town is more than 80

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. >> coming up on "wall street week," innovation in saudi arabia. his royal highness prince muhammad bin salman building a $5 billion mega city. it is putting billions of dollars to work in the u.s. through a blackstone infrastructure fund. blackstone ceo steve schwarzman on what his fund p . maria: welcome back to the special edition of "wall street week." we're bringing you the highlights from the historic future investment initiative in riyadh, saudi arabia. the united states is teaming up with the saudis to combat the financing of terrorism. an issue that is one of treasury secretary steven mnuchin's most important priorities. he gave me an update on the progress of this important fight. >> we're here to open the terrorist financing targeting center, which this is something we sign a memoranda of understanding when the president was here. it's one of my single most important priorities, as you know, to fight terrorist financing and thrilled to be here in saudi. i looked at the three buildings today, they're ready to be open, and launching center the here with saudi co-ch

breaking in prince george's county -- a man hit by a car on 56th street just about two hours ago. the victim was taken to the hospital. right now -- no word on that person's condition or whether or not the driver stayed on scene. we're working to get more information. we will update you as soon as we do. developing now.. two men injured, after being shot outside a mcdonald's in germantown, maryland. and thse one of the men shot should be fine -- the other was in surgery at last check. one bullet shattered glass at the mcdonald's around six-20 last night, but no one inside was hit. police believe the victims and the shooters know each other. developing now -- the department of justice taking a maryland business to court -- after it fired one of its workers!! the d-o-j's lawsuit states -- "bridges consulting" broke the law, when it fired a coast guard reservist... who had to be deployed. that violated the "uniformed services employment and re-employment rights act" -- which requires businesses to hold the jobs of servicemembers, who are deployed. the house of delegates 40th district

sale asking about the source of his wealth and his relationship with crown prince mohammed bin solomon this afternoon the wall street journal reported that a saudi art world figure familiar with the purchase says quote it is a fact that this deal was done via a proxy by bader for the crown prince the controversial crown prince has placed many wealthy saudis in detention reportedly pressuring some of them to keep their assets in the country as he attempts to create a renaissance in the saudi economy a record setting purchases are representing a profit may raise eyebrows among among the muslim clerics and provoke an solomons domestic critics but the proxy purchased adding to the intrigue. meanwhile some art historians say salvatore monday is no monalisa and might not even be a davinci some appraisers say the buyer overpaid when the previous owner paid only one hundred twenty seven point five million dollars in two thousand and thirteen if you want to appraise the painting for yourself it's going to be on display in the louvre in abu dhabi. it makes me wonder after that crackdown where they tossed a bunch of princes an

humps in every street in punchbowl it was pretty funny moments ago speed house speed humps when i walk past it's it's funny but. is was them behind that because when my dad thought of prince speed humps around the streets of punch broke he let the gangsters the thugs with the fast cars always want to speed down every street belittle no you're not ok in punchbowl. as the community works with the police the hope is the media focus on criminal activity will finally die down. but things are about to get a whole lot worse. the sydney olympics a celebration of a modern multicultural nation. just a few kilometers away the lebanese is training community is about to be outraged. i guess i'm a shift early in the morning. but there's been a suspected abduction. and possibly a social assault of a young female. and information that we had led us to believe that it could be in one of the parks in bankstown. senior constable danny mccarty is lebanese astray and. he's born and bred in south west sydney school that punchbowl boys high. in two thousand he's a new constable with less than a year on the force and nothing prepares him for what he's about to find. i'm walking through this park

prince george's county. nine people are homeless after a fire in brentwood this afternoon. fire crews there still on the scene at this home on 39th street. the fire broke out around 2:00 this afternoon on the first floor and it spread to the roof of the structure. fire crews in prince george's county -- was caused by a toddler playing with burners on a stove. >> the flames raced through an open apartment door and up the building's stairwell chasing residents who were trying -- >> nbc's chris palone is in new york. he has new details on the 12 people who were killed. >> reporter: a dozen people are dead and fdny investigators say a young boy is the blame. >> we found that this fire started in the kitchen on the first floor. it started from a young boy 3 1/2 years old playing with the burners on the stove. >> the fire broke out in a bronx apartment building thursday night. investigators say it spread quickly to other floors when the young boy's mother left her apartment door open as she escaped with her children. >> fire travels up, the stairway acted like a chimney. it took the fire quickly upstairs people had very little time to react.

saudi arabia's crown prince, mohammed bin salman, is to visit britain next year, according to a statement from downing streetlooking forward to welcoming the crown prince to the uk in the new year. the headlines on bbc news: the first secretary of state, damian green, is forced to resign after an inquiry finds he breached the ministerial code. britain's biggest police force confirms it's urgently reviewing dozens of investigations into alleged sexual offences, after two cases collapse within a week. there are downgraded its forecast for britain's economic outlook blaming uncertainty on brexit. president trump says he's delivering what he's called a "big beautiful tax cut" for americans this christmas. the tax reforms, passed this evening in congress, represent the first major legislative victory for mr trump, after nearly a year in office. the reforms will dramatically cut tax for us corporations, but at a cost to the treasury, as our north america editor jon sopel reports. if this was a smile—off, it would be hard to decide who had the biggest grin, a real toss—up between the president, his number two and t

fdr stood up against the princes of wall street, who were feeding from the people -- thieving from the people. starting in the early 1990's, the democratic party made a conscious choice to try to basically sell itself out to large donors. i don't think the democratic .arty can win with them i think it can win without them and is scared about losing the money. but it hasn't been working the last few years while taking the money and no longer taking on the power. if what voters are looking for -- rightly looking for, not wrongly -- correctly looking for, is someone who will genuinely listen and fight for them against the people who are stealing their paycheck and their power --i think it's an essential , critical, crucible moment for the democratic party, but it has to make the right choice. peter: let me start with a broad point about institutions. of of the important features this era and modern life is the almost across-the-board collapse of faith in institutions. those are institutions of every kind, from the press and political parties to churches to large corporations to many other

saudi arabia's crown prince, mohammed bin salman is to visit britain next year. that's according to a statement from downing streetster is looking forward to welcoming the crown prince to the uk in the new year. let's take a look ahead to the business briefing now. we'll have lots more on the catalonia election and the potential impact on the spanish economy we're also reporting from dubai, where the high—tech cityscape could soon become home to the world's first driverless flying taxi service. it's part of an ambitious plan by the united arab emirates to establish itself as a centre for advanced technology, and secure its economic future in a post—oil world. we will be asking if silicon valley is set to have a new rival, silicon oasis? priya lakhani is founder and ceo of century tech, a uk—based education technology platform. drone taxis, this seems a bit far—fetched? drone taxis, this seems a bit far-fetched? it is so exciting! a german company has reduced this drone taxis. essentially you have your phone, you have your app, you will be able to go to the app can order a taxi and it will arrive, come and collect

princely wedding. harish desai was ten in 1946, and recalls the splendour of the ceremony. archive: escorted by the royal guard, the bridegroom drives in state through the streetses a costly profusion of wedding gifts. all the princes were there, attired in a princely pattern with turbans of a particular type on their head. dance girls used to be brought there, musicians and all that. that lasted for several days. and he recalls getting his first taste of this other world. for the first time, i saw bread, butter, sandwich. that was not known to us here. my father said "you eat this. this is bread and this is butter". and i liked it. there were small pastries. i still remember that made in england, london, there were huntley & palmers biscuits. the important thing is the formal photograph of his highness, mahabat khan iii. the nawab‘s own most legendary indulgence was his love of animals. his main hobby was for dogs. he was mad after dogs. i think almost all varieties and breeds of dogs from all over the world were here. he used to arrange marriages for dogs, and celebrated with parties and honeymoon. honeymoon! he used to do it. but with the advent of independe

princes are storm troopers are not. >> who would make a better one? >> harry. streete can't reveal if the princes shot made the final cut. hard to tell because they have their storm troopers helmets on. stars were spotted attending the after party hosted on the public grounds of kensington palace. now, long before the last jedi opened, fans were already camped outside the chinese theater here in hollywood. meanwhile, just across the street this week at jimmy kimmel live, the mood was also celebratory. jimmy was back hosting this week and carried out his adorable baby son, who just went through his second hope heart surgery. what's next for this brave little boy? >> hi, i'm jimmy. this is billy. i was out last week because this guy had a heart surgery. but, look, he's fine, everybody. >> jimmy choked up while clutching his 7-month-old on monday night just a week after his second surgery in seven months. little billy stayed calm. >> daddy cries on tv, but bully does nt doesn't. undergo a third procedure to replace the valve he has now. >> don't get him under the arms ju

was very volatile it was immersed that saudi crown prince painting that sold for a record breaking four hundred fifty million dollars so is wall street journal they got this information from the u.s. intelligence community that it was the saudi crown prince the same guy. rating those hundreds of princes and to pay for the banks some exactly but you know this is very old school old world everybody is like wow that's the crown prince this is four hundred fifty million dollars for adventure painting just to put that into context that's. that is three bitcoin pizzas. this is the current price is this three big point pete says we were ten thousand big queen were spent for two pizzas at the very first ever bitcoin meet up right here in new york back in two thousand and eleven only two or three weeks later there was that prague conference where you and i attended but that was just a mere three big pizzas. for this defense the painting you know absolutely and you know the entire market cap of crypto currencies is about four hundred fifty billion now approaching the half a trillion mark cryptocurrency market will of course top the trillion do

flags lined the streets to greet the happy couple. princery and markle are said to be touring britain over next six months to give markle an opportunity, and,. >>> geraldo riveria joining long list of television personality says something i for pennsylvania inn descretions. "fox news" reporter issued an apology to bette milder who claims riveria and producer drugged and groped her in the 1970's, although, riveria says he recalls, the situation much more differently. riveria also apologized for sexual experiences, he recount ed in his 1991 memoirs, titled, exposing myself. he said they were consensual but were depicted in a distasteful way. >>> illinois police make a daring rescue after a car was engulfed in flames following an accident, reports say, that the driver was fleeing the scene of an accident in montgomery, illinois wednesday , when his car hit a concrete barrier, and then burst into flames. man in the vehicle refused to exit, requiring officers to forcefully, remove him. two police officers were treated for minor injuries and there

an crowds lining the streets of nottingham england to see prince marry and his new american fiance.he couple making their first official trip together. the news continues on fox news channel. coming up, the investigation surrounding mike flynn. cause i e driving bonus check every six months i'm accident free. and i don't share it with mom! right, mom? righttt. safe driving bonus checks. only from allstate. switching to allstate is worth it. >> shepard: continuing coverage on fox's top story. michael flynn and what may have led him to flip. we're hearing from a source that he felt emotional and financial pressure to plead guilty to lying to the fbi. remember, the president vigorously defended michael flynn and his character. paul manafort and george papadopoulos, they had their white house involvement down played. michael flynn was said to be a good guy. mr. trump asked robert mueller if he could easy on the flynn investigation. that didn't happen. we'll have more in just a moment. well, now there's a report from abc news that flynn felt like president trump abandoned him in recent w

this morning fresh off their engagement announcement prince harry and meghan markle attended the first public event as a couple. they lined the streets of nottingham with them carrying british and american flags. the couple visited a place in england for a youth project. their engagement has made worldwide headlines and shines a spotlight on the american actress's life. tonight on ab b kr bc a show on how they met. matt keller spoke with elizabeth vargas about a future member to the royal family. >> and as she steps into this spotlight and becomes a royal, pit seems like that spotlight i going to shine even brighter. >> she was a minor celebrity. she was never on the cover of a magazine until her romance with prince harry. he said i never heard of her, i never saw that show "suits." it was on basic cable usa's network. so this what she's going through now is not like anything she's gone through ever before. >> tonight's 20/20 prime-time special anchored by elizabeth vargas and david muir starts at 10:00 p.m. and that's followed by abc news at 11:00. >>> look at this. gorgeous. dave is updating us soon. >> high. my name is michael fin

street, the dow is down a little bit. it's down about 19 points. >>> when prince harry's fiancee meghan markle went to her first christmas at the -- but it was at member of the public that got the best shot. >> reporter: every photographer was struggling to get the perfect shot. only one did and she's an amateur. >> it was just a really lucky shot that captured the moment that i was really grate, it's perfect. >> reporter: karen murdoch captured this remarkable frame on her iphone and posted it to twitter where it got 13,000 likes. the previous record was just five. >> bonkers, isn't it? what do you think? >> it's a bit crazy. >> reporter: her tip to get the royals to smile, she and her daughter screamed and shouted at them. >> we were saying, hi there! to be honest, we were a bit embarrassing. >> reporter: karen's photograph has made the front page of almost every major newspaper in the uk, . if you get a call from kensington palace and meghan markle said i love the photo can i have a copy for my shelf, would you give it to her for free? >> i would freak out. i would be absolutely delighted. >> reporter: with prince har

streets a mark special. but there's no status germany's oldest christmas market dates back hundreds of years. in fourteen thirty for the saxon prince a lecture is fritters the second and sigesmund allowed a meat market in the run up to christmas so people could buy a roast for their feasts that became the streets unmarked the market is officially opened each year with a ceremonial slicing of the streets and and to spread this sweet christmas treat as far and wide as possible throughout the world dresden even has its own ambassador the dresden stolen girl. i may offer you or the little ones a piece of stalin and mao but. we don't want you because. you like. so see the beneath them. his thing is this thing something. it sure is stolen has the longest history of all german christmas treats it was first mentioned in a document in fourteen seventy four. and original dresden was stolen contains lots of butter and a variety of dried fruit like candide lemon and orange peel those last two ingredients are the subject of an anecdote related by tino geary and expert stolen baker who's making us an authentic dresden stolen. with a bit outside

according to "the wall street journal," the real buyer was crown prince mohammad bin salman. he used the other oils to handle the acquisition -- the other thels to handle acquisition. analysts in more than 120 countries. i am emma chandra. this is bloomberg. mark: thank you very much. coming up, gold has been on a downward trend, falling for three straight weeks. can gold get back on track? tongue-tied today. futures in focus next. ♪ vonnie: live from new york, i'm vonnie quinn. mark: and i am mark barton. on bloomberg's new european headquarters in the city of london, this is bloomberg markets. futures in focus time. let's chat about gold, falling today. a risk-on mood hitting markets. will it continue? joining us is alan that men -- lutman with agora financial. is the drop in gold all down from here? alan: gold lost some shine because of bitcoin. we will talk about that in a second. gold had been trading between 12 1285. it has gone down from 1300. the downside target was 1245. we did reach that. let's see if we can find some stability. it comes back to the dollar. what is

streets to protest against u.s. president on trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. britain's prince harry and his american fiance make a mark or will marry on the nineteenth of may of next year kensington palace and i was the dates and confirm the ceremony will take place in some george's chapel at windsor castle the couple announced their engagement last month following the sixteen month records. here in germany they had of the social democrats martin schultz says his party has agreed to exploratory talks with a view to forming a coalition government. with chancellor merkel's conservatives the s.p.d. has been under pressure to reconsider joining a new grand coalition government after chancellor merkel's failure to launch a separate three way coalition speaking to reporters mr shultz stressed that the s.p.d. was still undecided about whether and how they might support the chancellor's conservatives biggest question and i mean it's an open question whether these talks will lead to forming a new coalition you know we must repeat this again in all seriousness the fact that we are havin

prince at school. the financial times reports on plans by a uk shopping centre owner to mitigate against a high streetof medicines which is forcing some cancer patients and those with severe mental health issues to be turned away from pharmacies and the daily express is concerned about the imminent arrival of storm caroline and her 90 mph gusts. let's start with the front page of the guardian, anger as trump declared jerusalem as israel's capital. this was a story widely anticipated but there has been shocked nonetheless. there has been because it is an extraordinary story. who on the globe could unite the pope, the un, china, russia, france, germany, britain, egypt, turkey, iran and saudi arabia? only one person and that is what donald trump did today. one of our commentators called it an act of diplomatic arson and the ksr he is potentially going to create, he has fumbled his way into what is a geopolitical hotspot —— the chaos. there is an agreement on one side about this needs to be approached and done and he has driven a bulldozer through it which is extraordinary. any nuance to the story? if the