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ENJOY A BEAUTIFUL AND SUNNY DAY TODAY AND START 2020 WITH A SUNNY DAY, TOO. AMANDA WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS WE HAVE FOLLOWED ALL MORNING OVERSEAS. DOZENS OF PROTESTERS IN IRAQ ARE STORMING THE U.S. EMBASSY. GEOFF: THIS IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IN BAGHDAD. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS REPORTING PEOPLE HAVE BROK DOWN THE GATE DOOR INTO THE U.S. EMBASSY AND ARE STORMING INSIDE THE COMPOUND THERE ARE REPORTS OF GUNFIRE. AMANDA: THIS COMES AFTER DEADLY U.S. AIRSTRIKES THIS WEEK. 25 IRANIAN-BACKED MILITIA FIGHTERS DIED, AND 55 OTHERS ARE HURT. WE ARE WORKING TO LEARN MORE A WILL KEEP YOU POSTED ONLINE. GEOFF: TODAY IS THE LAST DAY OF THE DECADE, AND PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD ARE GETTING READY TO CELEBRATE. AMANDA NEW ZEALAND JUST WELCOMED IN THE NEW YEAR 45 MINUTES AGO. PAIGE HOPKINS IS LIVE IN DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE. WE HAVE A FEW HOURS LEFT WE WANT TO HELP YOU GET READY WITH SAFETY TIPS. PAIG YEAH, THAT IS RIGHT. WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT BEFORE WE CELEBRATE THE NEW YEAR, BUT THAT IS A GOOD THING. MANY CELEBRATIONS WI INCLUDE FIREWORKS AND THE LAWS AND REGULATIONS VARY FROM CITY TO CITY AND THE UPSTATE. IN DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE, THE CITY HAS CREATED AN ORDINANCE THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO SET OFF FIREWORKS ON NEW YEAR’S EVE ONLY UNTIL 12:30 JANUARY 1, SO YOU COULD SET UP FIREWORKS 30 MINUTES INTO THE NEW YEAR. HAVE A BUCKET OF WATER NEARBY IF YOU ARE GOING T SET FIREWORKS OFF. IF YOU LIVE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS, CHECK IN WITH YOUR COUNTY OFFICIALS TO MAKE SURE YOU CAN USE FIREWORKS. IN THE CITY OF SPARTANBURG, YOU CANNOT, BUT AND SURROUNDING AREAS OF SPARTANBURG COUNTY, YOU CAN’T. IN THE COUNTY, YOU CAN, SO DOUBLE CHECK THINGS LIKE THAT. YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE WITHIN THE LEGAL LIMITATIONS OF WHERE YOU LIVE. OTHER THAN THAT, MAKE SURE YOU ARE USING RIDESHARING SERVICES. IF YOU HAVE BEEN DRINKING, MAKE SURE TO PLAN BEFORE YOU CELEBRATE. OF COURSE, HAVE A GOOD TIME AND HAPPY NEW YEAR. PAIGE HOPKINS, WYFF NEWS 4. GEOFF: WE ARE A FEW HOURS AWAY FROM THE ICONIC BALL DROP IN TIMES SQUARE. ABOUT 1.5 MILLION PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEW YORK CITY TO COUNTDOWN TO THE NEW YEAR AND NEW DECADE. THE NEW YEAR’S BALL IS COVERED IN MORE THAN 2,000 WATERFORD CRYSTAL TRIANGLES ALONG WITH MORE THAN 32,000 LED LIGHTS. A FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY OFFICIAL TRIED TO CHALLENGE A HOUSE SUBPOENA. BUT A FEDERAL JUDGE JUST DISMISSED THE LAWSUIT, AFTER THE CHAMBER WITHDREW THE SUBPOENA. HOUSE INVESTIGATORS INITIALLY BELIEVED CHARLES KUPPERMAN H FIRST-HAND KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE PRESIDENT’S JULY 25 PHONE CALL WITH UKRAINE. THAT’S WHEN THE PRESIDENT PRESSED UKRAINE’S PRESIDENT TO INVESTIGATE DEMOCRAT JOE BIDEN. AMANDA: NEW OVERNIGHT, FORMER NISSAN CHAIRMAN CARLOS GHOSN IS IN LEBANON. THE FORMER CHAIRMAN IS EXPECTED TO HAVE A TRIAL IN JAPAN IN 2020, FOR FINANCIAL MISCONDUCT. HE WAS RELEASED ON BAIL, BUT HAS BEEN UNDER SURVEILLANCE IN JAPAN. GHOSN SAYS HE IS IN LEBANON, TO AVOID INJUSTICE AND POLITICAL PERSECUTIO GEOFF: BACK IN UPSTATE, NEW DETAILS OUT OF UNION. A MAN IS BEHIND BARS FOR A DEADLY SHOOTING. POLICE ARRESTED 29-YEAR-OLD DERRICK JERROD RICE. HE IS ACCUSED OF KILLING 40-YEAR-OLD TYVIN MARQUIS JETER. JETER’S BODY WAS FOUND IN TH PARKING LOT OF VIRGINIA’S RESTAURANT ON MONDAY. RIGHT NOW, THERE IS NO WORD ON A MOTIVE FOR THE SHOOTING. POLICE TELL US THIS IS AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATIO ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CONTACT POLICE. AMANDA A GREENWOOD WOMAN WILL SPEND 15 YEARS IN PRISON FOR KILLING A MAN DURING AN ARGUMENT. THE JUDGE SAYS 32-YEAR-OLD TIFFANY CARROLL WAS A VICTIM O DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. SHE WAS IN A RELATIONSHIP WI THE MAN SHE KILLED. SHE PLEADED GUILTY BUT MENTALLY ILL FOR THE STABBING DEATH OF WILLIAM JOHNSON. HE DIED IN 2017. GEOFF: WILLIAMSTON POLICE ARE TRYING TO FIND TWO PEOPLE, ACCUSED OF VANDALIZING A FENCE AT VETERAN’S PARK. POLICE SAY IT HAPPENED SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THEY BELIEVE THESE TWO PEOPLE DAMAGED THE FENCE AROUND THE TANK. IF YOU CAN HELP, YOU ARE ASKED TO CALL WILLIAMSTON POLICE. AMANDA AND COMMITMENT 2020 NEWS, DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE JOE BIDEN SAYS HE IS NOT OPPOSED TO HAVING A REPUBLICAN FOR HIS POTENTIAL RUNNING MATE. HE MADE THE COMMENT DURING A CAMPAIGN EVENT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. AN AUDIENCE MEMBER TOLD THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT THAT H SON HAD WONDERED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY. BIDEN SAID HE WOULD CONSIDER IT. GEOFF: THE FIRST STATE HEADING TO THE POLLS, IOWA. IOWA CAUCUS IS FEBRUARY 3. ACCORDING TO A RECENT CIVIQS POLL, PETE BUTTIGIEG IS THE FRONT RUNNER, FOLLOWED BY BERNIE SANDERS, THEN ELIZABETH WARREN. IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, A CLOSE CALL. BUT BUTTIGIEG IS LEADING THIS MASS INC POLLING GROUP POLL. BIDEN IS IN SECOND. AMANDA: IN SOUTH CAROLINA, IT IS A DIFFERENT STORY. SOUTH CAROLINA IS THE FIRST PRIMARY OF THE SOUTH FEBRUARY 29. JOE BIDEN HAS A COMMANDING LEAD, ACCORDING TO A CHANGE RESEARCH POLL BERNIE SANDERS IS AFTER THAT AND PETE BUTTIGIEG, ONLY WITH 9%. GEOFF: NEW THIS MORNING OUT OF AUSTRALIA, ANOTHER VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER IS DEAD AS THE COUNTRY DEALS WITH WIDESPREAD FIRES. OFFICIALS BELIEVE THE DAD-TO-BE DIED WHEN EXTREME WINDS ROLLED HIS TRUCK. HE WAS BATTLING A FIRE IN NEW SOUTH WALES. THE SKY IS TURNING ORANGE FROM THE FIRES, CASTING A SMOKY HAZE IN THE AREA. 11 PEOPLE AND THREE FIREFIGHTERS HAVE DIED IN CONNECTION WITH THESE FIRES. AMANDA: ABOUT 26 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE U.S. ARE UNDER WINTER WEATHER ALERTS. A MASSIVE STORM IS CLEARING OUT OF THE MIDWEST AND NORTHEAST. SNOW, SLEET AND ICE, ALONG WIT A WHIPPING WIND. IN THE DAKOTAS, A BLIZZARD SENT CARS SKIDDING OFF THE ROADS, FORCING OFFICIALS THERE TO ACTUALLY SHUT DOWN PARTS OF THE INTERSTATE. THROUGHOUT THE NORTHEAST, THOUSANDS WITHOUT POWER. DRIVING RAIN DIDN’T STOP PREPARATIONS FOR NEW YEAR’S EVE THOUGH. GEOFF: A TEENAGE CLIMBER IS SAFE THIS MORNING, AFTER FALLING DOWN MOUNT HOOD AND HURTING HIS LEG. HE WAS CLOSE TO THE SUMMIT IN OREGON WHEN HE FEL IT TOOK A FEW HOURS FOR CREWS REACH AND BECAUSE OF THE ELEVATION. THEY CARED FOR HIM ON SCENE, SPLINTED HIS LEG, AND SKIIED HIM DOWN THE MOUNTAIN ON A SLED, WITH ROPES AMANDA: WE HAVE NEW VIDEO OUT OF TURKEY, SHOWING SOMEONE BARELY ESCAPING A FALLING TREE AND HIGH WINDS. THE TWO MEN GET OUT JUST IN TIME. THE TREE CRASHES DOWN. THERE ARE STRONG WINDS RIPPING THROUGH ISTANBUL, BRINGING DOWN TREES AND DAMAGING CARS. OFFICIALS HAVEN’T REPORTED ANY DEATHS OR INJURIES FROM THE WINDS. GEOF NEW THIS MORNING, ELON MUSK SAYS HIS GIANT TUNNEL UNDER LAS VEGAS WILL BE FULLY OPERATIONAL NEXT YEAR. THE TUNNEL WILL CONNECT THE LAS VEGAS CONVENTION CENTER TO THE STRIP. PEOPLE WILL BE TRANSPORTED BY SELF-DRIVING CARS, REACHING SPEEDS OF 155 MILES PER HOUR AMANDA: A BLACK BEAR THAT VISITED THE UNIVERSITY O TENNESSEE IS BACK IN THE WILD. OFFICIALS SAY THE BEAR WANDERED THROUGH THE SCHOOL’S CAMPUS, THEN, GOT STUCK INSIDE THE BASEBALL STADIUM. THEY TRANQUILIZED THE BEAR A REMOVED HER FROM CAMPUS. THE BEAR WAS A LITTLE WOBBLY ON HER FEET, BUT SOON SCAMPERED INTO THE WOODS. NO WORD ON HOW THE BEAR GOT INTO THE STADIUM. GEOFF: ALEX TREBEK IS SHARING AN UPDATE ON HIS BATTLE WITH STAGE 4 PANCREATIC CANCER. THE LONGTI "JEOPARDY" HOST WILL DO ANOTHER ROUND OF CHEMOTHERAPY. HE SAYS HE IS ALSO OPEN TO ADDITIONAL TREATMENT METHODS. TREBEK SAYS THE POSITIVITY HE’S BEEN GETTING FROM FANS AND LOVED ONES HAS MADE THE BATTLE EASIER TO ENDURE. AMANDA: IF YOU HAVE ALREADY TAKEN DOWN YOU CHRISTMAS TREE, YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER DONATING I HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW. A GOAT FARMER IN MASSACHUSETTS, FOUND A NEW WAY TO USE THOSE O TREES. USUALLY THE GOATS EAT HAY AND GRAIN, SO THE CHRISTMAS TREES ARE A SPECIAL TREAT. THEY SEEM TO ENJOY IT. THE OWNER SAYS THE TREES ARE A GOOD SOURCE OF FIBER. AND SOME NEW VIDEO TO SHOW YOU THIS MORNING. A FISHERMAN GOT A RARE GLIMPSE OF KILLER WHALES OFF THE COAST OF ITALY. HE WAS IN THE STREET THAT SEPARATES THE BOOT FROM

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