CBS News - Countdown to 2000 - 1999-12-31 / 2000-01-01
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[0:02] with High Spirits and high security here
[0:05] in Times Square it's countdown to 2000
[0:07] and unprecedented security plan is in
[0:10] place in New York a crowd that could
[0:12] reach 2 million waits for the ball to
[0:14] drop three hours from now as the New
[0:16] Year reaches South America the Y2K news
[0:19] worldwide is almost entirely upbeat
[0:21] Power and Water Systems that have
[0:23] already entered 2000 of that new
[0:25] glitches there are no reports of any air
[0:28] traffic problems so far Dan Rather from
[0:30] Times Square the countdown continues I'm
[0:32] concerned about my
[0:51] foreign
[0:56] a little less than three hours to go
[0:58] during the countdown to 2000 the crowds
[1:00] here so thick police have closed off
[1:02] access to Times Square cbs's Mark McEwen
[1:05] bow tie and all is down on the crowd
[1:07] Mark hello Dan yet there have been a
[1:09] million and a half people down here to
[1:10] give you a little perspective that's
[1:12] three times the amount of people in the
[1:14] state of Vermont so Vermont a couple
[1:16] other states could be empty tonight what
[1:17] you're hearing in the background every
[1:19] hour on the hour they bring another
[1:20] countries it comes into the 21st century
[1:22] Brazil has just come in at nine o'clock
[1:24] Eastern time you're seeing dancers out
[1:26] here in carnival costumes this is not
[1:28] your father's New Year's Eve celebration
[1:30] though ask me how I know that people are
[1:32] doing the out here earlier you guys
[1:34] ready for New Year's Eve
[1:35] [Applause]
[1:39] happy New Year back upstairs with you
[1:41] Dan party on Mark few problems caused by
[1:44] the way 2K problem Dan Rather in Times
[1:47] Square the countdown continues from CBS
[1:50] News
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