Name: Watch the Times Square ball drop
Uploaded: 2021-01-01T00:17:08-0500
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Description: The ball in Times Square in New York City dropped to signal the end of 2020.

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THAT IS NOT THE PLUNGER BUT WE HAVE A LITTLE LESS THAN A MINUTE AGO AS THE MAYOR OF NEW YORK HITS THE PLUNGER. AND HERE WE GO, MONICA. ANY FINAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU? >> YOU KNOW, I THINK I, JUST LIKE EVERY BUDDY ELSE, IS READY TO TRY TO GET ON WITH 2021 AND THINK ABOUT THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL, YOU KNOW? SO TO SPEAK. AND FELIX FOR SO LONG WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY LIGHTS. >> ABSOLUTE. I WOULD LIKE PEOPLE TO BE NICER TO EACH OTHER, WE HAD A ROUGH YEAR WITH A LOT OF TURBULENCE, A LOT OF PERSONAL ANGUISH IN ADDITION TO A COURSE DEALING WITH THIS PANDEMIC. >>, RIGHT. I THINK WE ARE ALL JUST WANTING TO -- I WISH TOMORROW IS GOING TO BE A SUNNY DAY, RIGHT? WE COULD DO SEO, 2021. THAT THAT IS ALL RIGHT, THAT WILL COME SATURDAY. EITHER WAY I THINK THERE IS A LOT TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN 2021. WE WAKE UP EACH DAY, THAT IS A GOOD THING, RIGHT? >> HERE WE GO, NINE, EIGHT, SEVEN, SIX, FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO, ONE, HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYBODY! HAPPY NEW YEAR! SO GLAD YOU COULD JOIN THIS FOR THIS. BROUGHT TO YOU BY CURE. SERIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, NEW YORK IS THE PLACE TO BE. WE HAVE OUR CELEBRATION HERE BUT OF COURSE THE WORLD WATCHES NEW YORK. AND THEY ARE DOING THE BEST THEY CAN, JUST LIKE WE ARE. THERE IS OUR WALL OF VIEWERS THERE, LOOK AT THEM GOING NUTS AT HOME. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR BEING PART OF THIS, HE GIVES US AT LEAST A SENSE THAT WE ARE NOT ALONE HERE. >> I THINK SO. I JUST LEAVE SEEING OUR VIRTUAL AUDIENCE AND EVERYBODY IN THEIR SMALL GROUPS, DOING WHAT THEY CAN. EVERYBODY FINDING THE WAY TO CELEBRATE AND TO LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT IS AHEAD IN 2021. THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE IN NEW YORK. THEY LOOK HAPPY. >> YOU HAVE SOME PARAPHERNALIA OVER THERE, DON'T YOU? >> I HEAR THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROOM SO I CAN'T GET MY LITTLE THING. [ LAUGHTER ] >> THERE YOU GO, HAPPY NEW YEAR. I LOVE IT. >> YOU AND I HAVE DONE THIS FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW, MONICA. >> WE HAVE. I THINK THE LAST TIME I WAS WITH YOU ANCHORING, WAS A YEAR AGO. FOR NEW YEAR'S. THAT IS RIGHT. AT THAT TIME WE THOUGHT WE WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO A GREAT YEAR. >> YES WE WERE. >> AND THEN, EVERYTHING HAPPENED. >> I KNOW, THIS IS GOING TO MAKE A STRONGER. I KNOW IT IS A CLICHI, BUT IT REALLY IS. IF WE CAN GET THROUGH THIS, WE CAN GET THROUGH ANYTHING, AS THE SONG SAYS. >> I THINK WE HAVE A LOT GOOD AHEAD, WITH A VACCINE AND HOPEFULLY A LOT OF US WILL BE ABLE TO GET BACK TOGETHER AND SEE OUR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS AND BE ABLE TO GO TO DINNER AGAIN. >> PEOPLE CAN GET BACK TO WORK. >> I TELL YOU ONE THING, WE WILL HAVE A BIG, BIG, BIG PARTY NEXT YEAR. >> I AGREE. IT MAY NOT BE BACK TO THE PLACE WHERE WE ARE USED TO, MAYBE IT WILL BE HALF THAT BIG, BUT THEN

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I'm meteorologist, Kat Campbell in the wr a severe weather center, a turbulent week ahead with more storm threats on the horizon, severe weather threats, a level two risk Wednesday and Thursday because of that these days and nicer wr weather alert days. If we take a look at our cold front, it's still well to the west. But as it gets closer to us, we're going to have more forcing for storms to develop and a ripe atmosphere for those storms to intensify, damaging wind gusts and hail are the main concerns though an isolated tornado will be possible. Storms most likely Wednesday night overnight into early Thursday and there could be another chance later Thursday, depending on how that Wednesday night round evolved. So let's first talk about the Wednesday a few hit or miss storms possible pretty much anywhere during the afternoon, but the main, so look like it would come overnight. So we're talking past midnight, likely through very early Thursday morning, 234, 5 a.m. And then the second round approaches from the west and depending on how that first round goes, that's going to determine the strength and the timing of the second round. This model in particular has a moving through a bit early in the day. We'll watch to see if that trend holds. Keep checking in for updates as we get closer to Thursday for Wednesday. It's hot, high temperatures in the upper eighties to lower nineties just isolated storm chances during the day. But that chance, of course, going up later at night, if we look at how hot it's been this spring, it's pretty remarkable. It feels more like summer than spring and it is the warmest spring to date on record at RDU. Temperatures are running 4.7 degrees normal, almost five degrees above normal. We do have a cold front coming and some below normal temperatures briefly return at the forecast Friday, 78. Still some scattered storms around Saturday. We dry out to start the weekend, 75 of the high and near 80 on Mother's Day. Mother's Day is trending drier on Sunday with more sunshine. And you, I notice the cooler weather this weekend when you get to the nighttime hours early in the morning lows dip back in the fifties. A much drier, less humid air returns for the weekend. That should last until early next week. But we still have to get through the turbulent weather first. The worst of it comes Wednesday and Thursday, Friday still some scattered storms. But at this point, those are less likely to be severe.

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Good evening. I'm Tina Soldan Cash with the night time lottery drawing for Tuesday. May 7th, 2024. 1st winning pick three tonight is seven, followed by eight, third pick three is six and our pick three. Fireball number is eight. Joining me for tonight's drawing is our auditor from mcconn Jones L LP. Now it's time for the Carolina pick four, check your tickets. Good luck. Eight is our first winning pick four followed by six, third pick for tonight. Another six fourth winning number is zero and our pick for a fireball number tonight is three. Let's turn now to the Carolina cash five. If no one matches all five numbers to win the jackpot tonight, tomorrow's top prize is an estimated $493,000. Good luck. Six is our first winning cash five number tonight followed by seven. Third winning number is 19. Our fourth cash five tonight 11 and our final winning number is 15. The North Carolina education lottery has contributed over $10 billion to education. Thanks for your support and get the winning numbers right here every night. Thanks for playing

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>> ACROSS AMERICA WITH MEGA JACKPOTS, IT'S MEGA MILLIONS AMERICA ON TIME. CODE IS TUESDAY MAY 7TH AND TONIGHT'S MEGA MILLIONS JACKPOT IS AN ESTIMATED A NEW TIES 306 MILLION DOLLARS DOING THAT JACKPOT. YOU MUST MATCH THESE 5 WHITE. PLUS THAT GOLD MEGA MALL. NOW, LET'S SEE IF I CAN MAKE YOU A MILLIONAIRE TONIGHT. OUR FIRST WINNING NUMBER TONIGHT IS 63 FOLLOWED BY 28. UP NEXT, WE HAVE 36 YOU NEXT NUMBER IS 66 IN YOUR FINAL WHITE BALL NUMBER FOR THIS EVENING IS 26 NOW FOR THE MEGA BALL NUMBER THAT IS 15 AGAIN. TONIGHT'S WINNING NUMBERS ARE 63. 28. 36 66. 26 IN THE GOLD.

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Hey there. Good afternoon. I'm Noah Klein. Welcome to this afternoon's draws for Tuesday, May 7th 2024. Let's get it going here with Carolina pick three. That first pick three number is seven. Second number is zero third, number two, pick 35. Roll number is seven. Joining me for this afternoon draws our auditor from mcconnell and Jones L LP. Now let's move to the Carolina pick four. That first pick four number is seven. Second number six, eight. Fourth number is nine and our pick for a firewall number is five. The North Carolina Education lottery contributed over $10 billion education. Thank you for your support. Get your winning numbers each day at 3 p.m. and again at 11:22 p.m. right here on your exclusive station for the North Carolina Education Lottery.

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Good evening, America. I'm Michelle Isles. Tonight. We've got another life changing jackpot for you in an estimated amount of $214.9 million. Get your tickets out. We'll start things off tonight with the number 60 right after that America. We have 56. Let's congratulate better late than never of Maryland who won $50,000. Your next number up tonight is seven. That's followed by 24 and we'll round it out tonight with 23 now for your winning powerball number. Good luck, everyone. It is 25 and your power play multiplier is two. Let's take another look at those winning numbers. Remember there are multiple ways to win. We'll see you back here Wednesday night. Good night, everyone. It's time to play America's favorite jackpot.

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