been no good. -- kylie minogue. 7 tons of fireworks filled the air above sydney harbour bridge. this city's style is rather different. john yang has held what for help -- it's believed to be the first public new year celebration in north korea. burma has joined the global party. ♪ >> the end of the year would not be complete without the viral pop hit, "gangnam style" being performed with great enthusiasm. while hong kong celebrate with a virtuous so show over victoria harbor. fireworks lit up moscow's red square. in dubai, they filmed the midnight moment under the world's tallest building. the gulf states is eager to take its place among the world's best known venues for the dawn of the new year. >> no happy new year in syria. the situation is as great as ever. the bodies of 30 people found with signs of torture in a suburb of damascus. the international peace negotiator of syria urged to push for peace talks between the government and rebels. the country could become a failed state ruled by warlords. in iraq, a wave of attacks killed nearly 23 people and injured more than 80 as

. >> [[cheers and applause] ] >> fireworks at sydney harbour at the opera house. the celebrations in wellington were canceled because of dangerously high wins. in south korea, a large bell that marked the start of 2013 was wrong. it was used to keep time for the ruling emperor. now it is wrong on late at midnight on new year's column total of 33 times. the start of the new year means a big change for one popular magazine. newsweek's final print issue hits the newsstands today. cover features a picture, of the newsmagazine's former offices in new york with a telling deadlineheadline. it cannot afford to stay in print and will be on line only, next year. and it's a new beginning for many couples in maryland. same-sex couples or will be able to get married in maryland starting tomorrow. baltimore city hall will be open at midnight, but most couples will have to wait until the second to officially tied the knot because of the new year holiday. the referendum was passed in november. a celebration of another kind in the washington area today. if you've not heard, the re

you're looking at australia's sydney harbour bridge.es square, and we're not going to forget 2012 any time soon. we'll review news stories from the past year. but first here's today's "eye opener" at 8:00. >>> when asked if hillary clinton would still be able to work her spokesperson replied the secretary of state is the secretary of state. >> she's in the hospital being treated for a blood clot. her doctors say it's related to the concussion that's kept her out of the office for the past three weeks. >> how serious is it? >> that's an answer we don't know. >> reporter: anyone they come up with today is not likely to reduce significant spending cuts. >> congress goes back to work trying to avoid the fiscal cliff. >> how close are we to a deal here? >> we shouldn't be waiting for people to cut deals in back rooms. american people ought to be able to watch the discussion and the debate. >> reporter: a connecticut lawyer is getting heavy criticism because he wants to sue the state over the newtown shooting. >> hello. we didn't do enough. t

started things off with auckland and later we saw sydney australia with the fireworks and these sydney harbour 2013 but starting to ring in around the world. here is the view from the york city as they're doing test runs right now. they are testing the ball getting ready for 2013. they did their rehearsal and everything is running smoothly. a 12,000 lb. ball will drop 130 ft. tonight as the crowds, on the final seconds of 2012. nearly 2700 waterford crystal cover the surface of the ball which is lit by a 32,000 l e d lights. officials say the ball is more at efficent than previous versions. cold temperatures are the big story and george is reporting black eyes and all around that at san pablo dam road. it will climb to the mid to upper 50s in some spots and a slight chance of rain showers on thursday. that is really about it. no major storms appear to be on the horizon for the next seven days. we will have more on your forecast coming up in the next hour of the kron4 morning news. also washington is back into business today working at trying to avoid the fiscal cliff. the deadline is midnight

sydney, australia. thousands of people lined up as 7 tons of fireworks were fired off from harbour bridge. today marks the beginning of the baltimore ravens run to the super bowl and get ready for the city to be awash in purple. purple lights will be displayed on nearly every building in baltimore city and to mark, acre well-paid city hall and several parts of federal hill in purple and black. the ravens dropped their regular-season finale against cincinnati but most of the raven's starters did not dress for the game and the rest played only a few snaps. the bengals won 23-17 and the attention has shifted to the indianapolis colts for the plight of game and the ravens know when they will host baltimore's favorite team to hate. kickoff is slated for 1:00 this sunday. coming up next, it has almost been two months since superstar and send it ravaged in the east coast and now an update on how some eastern shore residents can receive additional aid to. >several maryland laws will take effect next year and a few of the measure was likely to have a >> there was a deadly shooting in anne arundel c