the goodyear tire & rubber company set the guinness world record for the world's largest game of cornhole. it kicked off a week of celebration leading up to the alabama-michigan state showdown in arlington, texas. nigel: is that the blimp? gabrielle: they are throwing it from the blimp and playing -- the playing surface of this cornhole game measured 64 feet by 32 feet. >> it was awesome. it ended up in a tie, so it's up to the players to win the game. it was such an awesome experience. i get to check it off the bucket list. gabrielle: the players included cheerleaders from michigan state university and the university of alabama. they flew up more than 200 feet above the massive cornhole game board, and tossed beanbags out of the goodyear "wingfoot one." carol: in tonight's 4 your health, losing weight. it's the most common new year's resolution. but research shows, good a survey from the national center for weight and wellness finds overweight or obese adults average six unsuccessful attempts to shed poundnd the biggest roadblocks were hunger, and struggling to make healthy food choices.

at 8:00, the goodyear cotton bowl classic. michigan state facing alabama. the winners of the two games will play in a national championship on january 11. a lot of people hoping for a little good luck. the powerball jackpot is now at 334 million dollars. more than 32,000 tickets won prizes last night. no one matched all six numbers. lottery officials expect to sell more than 700,000 powerball tickets on saturday alone. maybe we should play, doug. doug: you never know. buyy: if we win, we can good weather. the weather is turning our favor a bit. starting to see a little sunshine. a look live across the city, you see glimpses that the clouds are starting to break a bit. we are making progress. 54 now. the wind out of the north-northwest. cooler and drier air will approach. 54, manassas. 54 in the nation's capital. precipitation-wise, a few snow showers pickup. this series oft days and all kinds of incredibly bad weather, things are settling down. we will be the beneficiaries of the system. clouds and moisture and the rain showers continue to move off the coast

after that, it's the goodyear cotton bowl. alabama and michigan state. crimson tide, the big favorite in that one. but hey, the spartans say, they're okay being the underdog. no issues with that. they are ready to play this game. so, it is obviously a huge night for college football on espn and like you said, all four teams hoping to win to earar a spot to play in the national championship game, january 11th in glendale, arizona. tom? >> a great night of football. sage, thank you so much. and you can catch all the ananjust a reminder about another great show tonight. you can watch "dick clark's new year's rockin' eve 2016 with ryan seacrest" right here begins at 8:00 eastern. >>> there is still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this new year's eve. the passenger plane making a u-turn on the runway. the desperate family, watching their plane leave without them. how the delta pilot noticed them and realized they needed to get on his plane. >>> and, president obama behind the wheel with jerry seinfeld. the surprising comments the president made about s

a giant board used for cornhole set up at the goodyear blimp base in florida. >> that is huge then cheerleadersd somebody say cheerleaders from michigan state and alabama took turns tossing giant bean bags from the window of a blimp. some 200 feet above the board. the spartans and crimson tide mascots were there. the school's football teams play on thursday night. >> you know the whole thing was an attempt to set a guinness world record for the largest ever cornhole game. >> even if they didn't get that. >> it's impressive. >> good job there. >>> more news after this. i accept i'm not the rower i used to be.. i even accept i have a higher risk of stroke due to afib, a type of irregular heartbeat not caused by a heart valve problem. but i won't accept is getting out there with less than my best. so if i can go for something better than warfarin, i will. eliquis. eliquis reduced the risk of stroke better than warfarin, plus it had significantly less major bleeding than warfarin. eliquis had both. that really mattered to me. don't stop taking eliquis unless your doctor tells you to, as stopping in

. >> this happened at the goodyear blimp base in south florida. a giant corn hole board was set up. it measured 64 feet by 32 feet. >> and cheerleaders from michigan state and alabama took turns tossing that giant bean bag from the window of a blimp. we're talking 200 feet above the board. the game ended tied at one. mascots also there. school's football teams play on thursday night. big game. >> big game, big playoffs coming on. the commish had his picks. we'll get to that at another point. >> coming up in "the skinny," the network anchor who fainted on air and went right back on tv. >> also ahead, little hands getting into grown-up medications. an alert to parents and grandparents about special pill containers that are not child proof. >> and later sports with reena and three memorable moments of 2015, including -- we're not going to tell them now. we're giving away the farm before we even get to the segment. you're watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" weather, brought to you by rid-x septic cleaner. brought to you by rid-x septic cleaner. a fabulous garden pa

jim: with the help of goodyear, they set the record for the world's largest game of corn hole. 64 feet by 32 feet. jessica: they flew high into the blimp tossing being back at their target. the epic game ended in a 1-1 tie. if you are staying inside a warm home new year's eve we will bring the party to you. all you have to do is turn your tv on and we will have you covered when it comes to everything happening on the las ve strip. jim: dead set in the middle of the action, we have our team at the cosmopolitan. kevin janison will be downtown as always walking through the crowd. coverage begins at 10:00. jim: >> say celebrations. the world is gearing up to ring in new year. >> and which local group is helping out the environment. >> sir, we have an officer on

not only do you have the depression, and germany starts off with 3 million people in the goodyear of 1929 and goes up to six or 7 million that are unemployed in 1933. you have the effects of a war and reparation and a resentment against the allies. germany is a nation of sore losers. these sore losers are blaming the communists the republic and jews. that leads us to adolf hitler. >> you're pulling a year out of history. many historians do this. >> this is the fourth time i have done it. 1920, 1960, 1948, but keeping it just to america. here we switched just to america. here we switched it between europe and america. what you do as you see what's going on and you find out how different things are not only from today but from what you think about what things were. where you see things is a very straight line, ideologically, going on from the horizon all the way back to the creation, no it doesn't. so there's people you think are going to have a certain position on isolationism or the league of nations or prohibition on the left or the right and you're quite often wrong. you see in germ

>> that began as a dissident the woman who worked her entire career at the goodyear tire plant she found a note this is what all the men are paid and this is what you are paid. she had been sexually harassed and treated like garbage in this physically challenging job she decided it was time to go to court. the civil-rights act protects workers from being discriminated against had limitations and willie ledbetter was told she waited too long. but she had not even known she was being discriminated against and it was a technicality did that start every time she got a paycheck or did it start when she could have asked for raises? so by this point there was a justice on this court and justice alito wrote the majority opinion that said you don't. sorry. >> it is not a case about the constitution but what the words of the title mean. is this something within congress's ability to change the law spirit that is when justice ginsburg wrote the defense is not one of her most passionate i think that is the abortion case said in 2007 or the shelby county case those are ones where she spits fire but s

unique wayo crank up some hype, a giant board used for the popular tailgate game cornhole set up at the goodyear blimp base in florida. >> that is huge then cheerleaders -- did somebody say cheerleaders -- from michigan state and alabama took turns tossing giant bean bags from the window of a blimp some 2 200 feet above the board. the spartans and crimson tide mascots were there. the school's football teams play on thursday night. >> you know the whole thing was an attempt to set a guinness world record for the largest ever cornhole game. >> even if they didn't get that. >>> more news after this. not the rower i used to be. i even accept i have a higher risk of stroke due to afib, a type of irregular heartbeat not caused by a heart valve problem. but i won't accept is getting out there th less than my best. so if i can go for something better than warfarin, i will. eliquis. eliquis reduced the risk of stroke better than warfarin, plus it had significantly less major bleeding than warfarin. eliquis had both. that really mattered to me. don't stop taking eliquis unless your doctor tells you to, as

that began as -- it's a case of a woman who worked her entire career for decades at the goodyear tire plant. one day, she found a note in her locker and it said, this is how much all of the men who started with you have been paid, and this is how much you are paid. well, that is when she realized she was systematically underpaid, she was was sexually harassed for years, she was treated like average, it's a very physically challenging job. this is the time she decided it was time to go to court. title vii of the civil rights act which protects workers in a protected classes from being discriminated against has limitations. lilly was told by the majority of the court that she waited too long. even though, she had not even known she was being discriminated against. it came down to a technicality. did the discrimination start every time she got a paycheck that was lower than the other employees, who happen to be men? or did it start when she could have asked for a raise way back when and she had no idea what others were making? by this point, their justices on the supreme court who freque

the full forecast in a couple minutes. tom: have no fear, kids, santa does have a set of goodyears for the sleigh. still to come, the date for new hampshire's first in the nation primary has been set, when granite staters will cast their votes. ahead of the new star wars showing. people are working harder than ever, but the everyday cost of perscriptions, child care, or be a stretch for too many families. hillary's plan: raise the get equal pay for women, cut taxes for the middle class, and new incentives for business to share profits with employees instead of just rewarding ceos. those at the top are doing just fine. it's your family that needs a raise. i'm hillary clinton, and i tom: in commitment 2016 coverage now, it's finally official tonight. new hampshire's primary election will take place on february 9th, 2016. jennifer: secretary of state bill gardner making the announcement today at his office in concord. he also unveiled a special poster to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the primary. and it's an historic election for another reason as well. >> first time in my years that we will n

projected 38 million airline passengers traveling during the 17 day holiday period for both christmas and new years caps what has been a very goodyear for the major airlines. holiday travel alone is up 3% from last year. and lower jet fuel costs along with the mild winter is helping the industry bottom line. >> when we have these winter seasons, we have very, very few cancellations over the last couple of months and looking forward for the next week weather looks good combined with the oil prices. it's really good financially with the airlines. >> 10 million americans, roughly one third of the population are expected to travel. the plain planes, trains and automobiles during the holiday season. for nightly business report. >> and on this christmas eve we look at the santa economy. there's a lot of money surrounding the man in the red suit and companies of all sizes are taking notice. courtney reagan takes a look at what some call santanomics. ♪ santa claus is coming to town ♪ >> it's the most well-known job in the world. so naturally you have to go to school for it. santa school, that is. >> i have been coming here about 13 years no

the football tradition was taken to new heights thanks to goodyear, flying over 200 feet in the air, the cheerleaders tossed the bean bagag out of the blimp, and that actually looks like fun. >> unlike the hoverboard where you can fly off. >> like mike tyson. he didn't fall very well, did he? >> i don't think he was expecting it. >>> and celebrating birthdays, lebron james, 31 and tiger woods and 30, and matt lauer is 58 and meredith vieira is 62 today. now keep it here for more news, weather and sports.

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the massive game board... they tossed giant beanbags out of goodyear's newest blimp, "wingfoot one." the game ended in a 1-1 tie... and secured a place in the record books... as the largest game of cornhole. 3 a family in charlotte has a lot to celebrate in the new year... after welcoming a very special delivery.their daughter is the smallest baby *ever delivered at levine children's hospital.baby e-layah faith was born premature, weighing just 10 ounces and measuring just 10 inches long. high blood pressure threatened both the baby and her mom... so doctors performed an emergency c- section. 3 "they had this mask on her for the oxygen, and her face was covered... it weighed more than her.""anytime you have a baby that challenges your clinical expertise and challenges your team, it only makes the team stronger, you experiance" 3 now three months old... baby e-layah could soon be going home. 3 speaking of babies... you may have seen this next video on facebook....but it is totally worth seeing again.a california baby's hilarious reaction to tasting bacon for the first time... is going

cheerleaders flew more than 2- hundred feet above the massive game board and tossed beanbags out of goodyear's newest blimp. storm track seven meteorologist kyle kiel is back with ananher check of ur storm track seven forecast. storm track 7 live doppler radar showing the snow tracking through parts of the kwwl viewing area. this will cover the roads pretty quickly so the roads will be slick for your morning commute. use xtra caution. here's the storm track 7 day forecast. after today's snow, we have no chance for snow in the 7 day forecast, but temperatures will year of 201616 cordes: most n nses are tough. ey're problem-solvers. they like making things better. people don't have access to healthcare because they just can't afford it. bernie sandets understands how pharmaceutical companies bernie tells the truth, and he's been consistent. he understands that the system is rigged, and he's'she only one who cacabring real change. in iowa." now on today in iowa... a neighboring state is dealing with a very serious problem this disaster. plus -- buried in the snow. they were out doing their job wh