at a new operation center in downtown manhattan, officers monitor thousands of camera feeds. on new year's eve, the room will be staffed with members of governmental and private agencies. last month, chief james o'neill gave us a tour. do you think people should feel safe? >> you know what? i'm not going to tell people not to be concerned but i'm going to tell them to feel safe. i don't think anyone does this work better than the nypd, along with our federal partners. pair paris and california terror attacks a fresh. the pattern this year is terror attacks on small, soft targets with focus on times square. what about the thousands of businesses outside this area? >> both to capabilities on the threat analysis beforehand, that side of it, as well as the capability to respond, very quickly. we believe we are as prepared as anybody can be. >> reporter: spectators coming to this area will all be searched. they are required to get to their places early and stay there. they will also not be allowed to bring in large bags, backpacks or alcohol. don dahler, cbs news, new york. >>> in

at a new operations center in downtown manhattan, officers monitor thousands of camera feeds. on new years eve the room will be staffed with members of governmental and private agencies. last month, chief james o'neill gave us a tour. (oneill) d: do you think people should feel safe? o: you know what? i'm not going to tell people not to be concerned. but i am going to tell them to feel safe. // i don't think anyone does this work better than the nypd along with our federal partners. california terror attacks are fresh. d: the pattern this year has been terrorist attacks on relatively small, soft targets. with the focus on times square, what about the thousands of businesses outside this area? b: both through our capabilities on the threat analysis beforehand, prevention side of it and the ability to respond very quickly// we believe we are prepared as anybody can be. don dahler, cbs news, new york. ((patranya bhoolsuwan)) just like here in las vegas.. revelers in places like times square will not be allowed to bring in large bags, backpacks or alcohol. /// ((patranya bhoolsuwa

established a 500-person special response unit that holds regular at a new operations center in downtown manhattan, officers monitor thousands of camera feeds. on new year's eve, the room will be staffed with members of governmental and private agencies. last month, chief james o'neill gave us a tour. do you think people should feel safe? >> you know what, i'm not going to tell people not to be concerned, but i'm going to tell them to feel safe. i don't think anyone does this work better than the n.y.p.d., along with our federal partners. >> reporter: but memories of the paris and california terror attacks are fresh. commissioner bill bratton: >> the pattern this year has been terror attacks on relatively small, soft targets. with all the focus on times square, what about the thousands of businesses outside this area? >> both through our capabilities on the threat analysis beforehand, the prevention side of it, as well as the capability to respond very quickly, we believe we are as prepared as anybody can be. r >> reporter: spectators coming into this area will all be there. jim, they will also no

people will attend the biggest celebration in the far away inside a new operations centers in downtown manhattanicers will monitor thousands of camera feeds. on the ground, radiation detectors will be deployed along with bomb sniffing dogs, police, helicopters and snippers will also keep watch from above. and las vegas where hundreds of thousands will party, preparations included stocking ambulances, monk the famous strip, a thousand uniformed officers will be on patrol, overseas, authorities in belgium are also on alert in the capitol city of brussels the the annual fire works display has been canceled, after the arrest of two men this week for plotting an attack. they have in the let it dampen their night. >> thing is, you cannot let people like that dictate your lifestyle and your choices, so, it will in the change my plans. >> reporter: here in the states officials say there are in credible or specific threats against, celebrations. now, we are actually standing in one of the 65 spectator paths that people will be cramped into once this area opens up later today. if you do plan to head up he

will attend the country's biggest celebration, not far away inside a new operations center in downtown manhattan officers monitoring thousands of camera feeds. on the ground, radiation detectors will be deployed along with bomb-sniffing dogs, police helicopter and snipers will also keep watch from above. in las vegas where hundreds of thousands will party, preparations included stocking ambulances, along the famous strip 1,000 uniformed officers will be on patrol. overseas, authorities in belgium are also on alert. in the capital city of brussels, the annual fireworks display is canceled after the arrest of two men this week for plotting an attack. tourists vow not let it dampen their night. >> the thing is you can't let people like that dictate, you know, your lifestyle and your choices. so is it athreat? a threat anywhere, but it's not going to change my plans. >> reporter: here in the states officials say there are no credible or specific threats against celebrations. don champion, cbs news, new york. >>> in france, where "islamic state" terrorists killed 130 people last month, about 60,000 p

at a new operation center in downtown manhattan, officers monitor thousands of camera feeds. on new year's eve the room will be staffed with members of governmental and private agencies. last month, chief james o'neill feel safe? >> you know what, i'm not going to tell people not to be concerned but i'm not going to tell them to feel safe. i don't think anyone does this work better than the nypd, along >> reporter: but memories of the attacks are fresh. commissioner bill bratton. >> the pattern this year has been terror attacks on relatively small soft targets with all the focus on times square, what about the thousands of businesses outside this area? >> both through capabilities on the threat analysis beforehand, the prevention side of it as well as the capability to respond very quickly, we believe we are as prepared as anybody can be. >> reporter: spectators coming into this area will all be searched and required to get to their places early and stay there. jim, they will also not be allowed to bring in large bags, backpacks or alcohol. >> don dahler in times square where

not far away, inside a new operations center in downtown manhattan, officers will monitor thousands of camera feeds. on the ground, radiation detectors will be deployed, along with bomb sniffing dogs. police helicopters and snipers will also keep watch from above. in las vegas, where hundreds of thousands will party, preparations included stocking ambulances. along the famous strip, a thousand uniformed officers will be on patrol. overseas, authorities in belgium are also on alert. in the capital city of brussels, the annual fireworks display has been cancelled after the arrest of two men this week for plotting an attack. tourists vow to not let it dampen their night. >> the thing is, you can't let people like that dictate your lifestyle and your choices. so is it a threat? it is a threat anywhere but it is not going to change my plans. don: here in the states, officials say there are no against celebrations. don champion, cbs news, new york. shaina: in france, where an isis attack killed 130 people last month, about 60,000 police and troops will be deployed across the country today to

in the heart of downtown manhattan. >> we started with a hacksaw. it's noisy and took a while. >> as the video shows, more than a dozen people watch him and do nothing. >> just hacking through that chain, waiting for somebody to grab me on the shoulder. waiting for somebody to ask what i was doing. >> the second theft takes place directly in front of a police station. >> i'm going to use every criminal's favorite tool, the crowbar. >> in two minutes, the lock is off, and casey rides away. the nypd doesn't seem to notice. he might as well be invisible. >> for this next experiment, my friend malik is going to steal the bicycle. >> i'm black. >> brandishing a pair of large red bolt cutters, malik strolls into a public park and cuts several large chains off the bike. do onlookers behave any differently? >> they didn't. it's just like, it speaks volume to just how little people give a [ bleep ] about bike theft. i just got a lot of glares. one person screamed somebody while they were working, but nobody stopped. >> off camera a parked policewoman does ap

in fact, it took me until-- this is downtown manhattan 2012, in the wake of hurrican sandy i was driving friends home when the power was out and i turned off the headlights and suddenly all of those accounts of the new england wilderness so we made sense to me. seventeenth century dark was a very different dark hence the line in chapter one, the sky over new england was crow black, pitch black, viable black, so black it could be difficult at night to keep to the path, so black a line of trees might freely migrate to another location. or that you might find yourself pursued after nightfall by a rabid black called leaving you to crawl home bloody and disoriented on all fours. i should mention also, court testimony the early american often mentioned he had been an ear witness to something. word and sound careened supreme. it was really really quiet. the testimony, by the way about the rabid black called is from a september wit-- which trial, the hog was no hog at all it was the devil and had caused him to trip flashing his leg with his knife and he knew who it was. it was a witch, he swore,

we were attacked in downtown manhattan, where wall street is. i did spend a whole lot of time and effort helping them rebuild. that was good for new york. it was good for the economy. [ applause ] and it was a way to rebuke the terrorists who had attacked our country. >> seth: in fact, hillary's 9/11 answer was such a head scratcher, it caused major backlash on twitter, to the point where the cbs moderators followed up later with a question from twitter. >> scretary clinton, one of the tweets we saw said this, "i've never seen a candidate invoke 9/11 to justify millions of wall street donations until now." >> seth: the moderators' decision to involve twitter questions in the debate was actually praised by many observers, especially compared to the republicans' plan to use e-mail forwards from crazy uncles. [ laughter ] governor huckabee question's from ron in tucson. he says, "i have an opportunity for you to make a lot of money by investing in gold. are you interested?" [ laughter and applause ] there were also some revealing moments for bernie

a little cloudy in downtown manhattan. certainly going to be going up later today. it's december 13th. i'm pat battle. a man is in critical condition after an suv hit a scooter on the upper east side. police say the man drove that scooter through a red light at 5th avenue and east 85th streets. the suv struck it. the impact threw the man into a tree. the suv driver was not hurt. >>> and a shooting in the bronx to tell you about sent two men to the hospital. that happened near a bar called the garage. it's on tillson avenue. this is in the eastchester neighborhood. a man was shot in the head and taken to jacoby hospital. another man was hit in the leg. no word on any arrests just yet. >>> and the santas were less naughty, more nice at this year's santa con. after years of complaints about behavior, the nypd really enforced a no-tolerance policy during yesterday's holiday pub crawl. so for the third year in a row, event organizers released their route to police ahead of time, and they say there were no arrests this year. >>> and police have released this photo of a po

. ♪ betty: live from bloomberg world headquarters in downtown manhattan, you are watching over television betty liu. house speaker paul ryan says money will be included in the omnibus federal budget. he made the promise during a meeting with house republicans. democrats and jon stewart have pushed hard for the extension of benefits. it covers those second while theing through the ruins of world trade center after the 9/11 attack. donald trump has canceled his visit to syria. dozens of israeli lawmakers said trump should not be admitted because of his, and to prohibit muslims from entering the united states. hillary clinton won the endorsement of the american federation of government employees. the union represents 600 70 thousand workers in the federal government and district of columbia. today president obama will sign the bill that calls for swifter changes for how teachers are evaluated. the legislation is a rewrite of the no child left behind law takes power away from the federal government and gives it back to the state. the nominations are out for the 73rd annual golden globe awards

santa outfits will kick off tomorrow with revelers traveling from bars in brooklyn to ones in downtown manhattan. police logged a total of two arrests and 85 summons for disorderly conduct, open alcohol containers and other offenses during santa con back in 2012 ask in 2013. year, and police are hoping for the same this year. >> we're in trying times throughout the world and to have to expend more resources on an event like this at times it's frustrating. we have an expectation that if you're going to participate this this event, if you're going to address up as santa claus you better behave or you'll end up in jail. >> some businesses in the east village have posted anti- santaconsigns and metro north. >>> islamic and community leaders standing together against violent extremism. they gathered at the islamic center of passaic county in paterson. they emphasized the importance of dialogue between people with different backgrounds. >> we are all americans regardless of our religions, ethnicities colors. >> the group called for unity. the meeting ended with a prayer. massachusetts looking into whe

at a new operations center in downtown, manhattan, officers this year the nypd also set up a specialized counterterrorism unit with more than 500 highly trained cops and officials say there are no credible threats to new york city, deadly attacks in paris and san bernardino have raised the level of fear. >> we are aware that the threat picture has changed because of isis. that's why we have enlarged our capabilities here in the city with these additional units. >> reporter: spectators will not be allowed to bring in large bags, backpacks, nor alcohol. now, this year, the nypd issued some 20,000 smartphones to their officers so that they could have quicker response and share information about any potential threat. jeff? >> don, thank you. >>> one of the most successful rock groups in history may be planning a comeback. guns 'n roses is reportedly considering a reunion tour next year and could signal the end of disputes among the band's founding members. >> reporter: welcome back to the jungle may be in the future for this famous rock group. billboard magazine says members including axl ro

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in downtown manhattan officers will monitor thousands of camera feeds. this year, the nypd also set up a specialized counterterrorism unit, with more than 500 highly-trained cops. while officials say there are no city, deadly attacks in paris and san bernardino have raised the level of fear. >> we are aware that the threat picture has changed because of isis. that's why we have enlarged our capabilities here in the city with these additional units. >> reporter: spectators on new year's eve coming here will not be allowed to bring large bags, backpacks, nor alcohol. the nypd issued 20,000 smartphones to their officers so they can get information about potential threats. >>> guns and roses is reportedly considering a reunion tour for next year. it could publicly signal the end of disputes among the band's founding members. >> reporter: a welcome back to the jungle may be in the works for this famous band. "billboard" magazine says plan to headline the coachella music festival in april. and a summer tour is in the works. one of the most successful rock grou