and now we have it, live look outside in times square new york city where the new york city mayor expectsllion people to ring in the new year tonight, the nypd amping up security by launching drones for the first time. ana joins us live as final preparations get under way, what a day in new york, ana. >> absolutely, good morning to you, jillian, showing up brand-new technologies what the nypd, we are just hours away from counting the last seconds of 2018, officials in new york's times square testing ball drop ahead of tonight's celebration. the mayor de blasio says 2 million people from all over the world will pack midtown manhattan to bring in the new year and with all those people comes extra tight security, 7,000 officers are ready to go. >> it's going to be one of the most well-policed, best-protected events and one of the safest venues in the entire world. >> counterterrorism officers, bomb-sniffing dogs deployed tonight to stop any potential attacks and intelligence detectives will be stationed at all of the nearby hotels, over 1200 cameras will monitor the times square area where 2

you have a situation where new york city alone, over 300,000 people are arrested every single year inity, and less than 1% have legal representation when they are arrested. so what good call really said was there is a way we can fix that, and then for robin hood, our ability to get in early and to be able to support that and now watch it grow has just been really exciting. soledad: it's interesting, because often i think people think about nonprofits giving out backpacks and helping with food, and all the things that nonprofits do well charitably for poor people. attacking the criminal justice system at a point where it becomes just an unfair kind of -- becomes in just and unfair -- becomes unjust and unfair kind of seems like a little bit of a different spin for robin hood. is it? wes: i think it's an important adjustment for the entire world of philanthropy. philanthropy can play a catalytic role. philanthropy can be early money in. but when i think about the work of good call, and the work of that -- that so many other organizations that robin supports -- what they fundamentally ar

that is, like, the revolutionary moment that new york city is having right now, is that the latest studyame out. arrests in new york city have decreased, and crime has decreased. >> so why do more than 50% of new yorkers support broken windows policing? >> that's a great question. it's that, when you look at the data -- and pew has done the most research on this -- is that people's perception of crime actually doesn't match the reality of crime. >> but the reality of safety in new york was that we went from 2,000 murders a year -- sort of before rudy giuliani came to power, before this broken windows policing came into power -- and then dropped to -- now it's somewhere between 200 and 400 murders a year. >> yeah, but people would say that broken windows was just the popular conversation, that there were actually a host of safety nets and social services that help people. we think about -- the relationship between poverty and crime is so stark. it's actually -- you look at the latest bureau of justice statistics, it shows that white, poor people actually commit violent crime more than lat

google is announcing a $1 billion expansion in new york city. new york was google's first office outside of california, and it now has more than 7,000 employees. and now will be expanding. in a statement google said, quote, this was in a blog post. new york city continues to be a great source of diverse world class talent. that brought people to the city in 2000 and what keeps us here. it season the only company moving in the bay area. apple will be building a $1 billion campus in austin, texas. they hope to move into a couple buildings by 2020 and have it all complete by 2022. amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >>> amy, thank you. new details about the camp fire. a review by our media partners of the bay area news group finds the technology that was supposed to alert residents of a fire failed miserably. the review found several problems, including residents not signing up for the system. officials did not trigger warnings for every neighborhood and overloaded or damaged cell networks failed to deliver to the intended recipient. butte county sheriff wi

police department is going to have the largest contingent of new york city police officers ever seen at any event in new york city. >> reporter: that increased police presence reinforced by bomb-sniffing dogs. more than 200 blocker vehicles and 1,200 cameras, which include drone technology for the first time ever. >> what we're using drones for is they can go in lower than a helicopter can go in, and concentrate on an area. >> reporter: detectives will also take positions inside new york city hotels, in an effort to prevent an attack like the 2017 mass shooting in las vegas where this new year's eve vegas officials are leaving nothing to chance. >> increases in security will include strike teams in every hotel, on the strip, and on fremont street. >> reporter: in los angeles, the hollywood sign will have extra security, after prankters targeted the landmark in 2016. in new york, while officials say there are no known specific or credible threats, they're urging revelers to remain vigilant as they ring in 2019. >> everyone needs to be ready if they see something, if something doe

there's another new york city bagel here in chicago. corey: not a new york city bagel. york bagel. lemonis: oh, i'm sorry, i forgot the "c." -corey: that's correct. -laurie: wait, wait, wait. -corey: the "c." -lemonis: and the likelihood of confusion is zero. do people ever walk in and say to you, "oh, i went to your place in skokie"? -corey: they do. lemonis: do they ever go to that place and say, "i went to your place on dearborn"? -corey: they do. lemonis: great. do they ever put reviews on there and you're like, "that's not us"? -corey: they do. -laurie: right. lemonis: i don't want to spend my money and your money and your money to build the brand in a market that somebody else is gonna draft off. i don't like the generic nature of the current name and its lack of specificity or something special, and i feel like there's some underbelly here to why he's resisting. i still don't understand why corey's disappeared. you had built years and years... -corey: to building the brand. -lemonis: ...of building the brand, and then you abandoned it when you bought the business

plus as many as 2 million people expecting to pack the streets of new york city to bring in the new year tonight. the unprecedented security measures being unveiled for the very first time giving nypd extra eyes in the sky. and you know parents they will go to great lengths to make sure kids are behaved in flight, comments pouring in on this one. "fox & friends first" start right now. ♪ ♪ heather: good morning, happy new year, you're watching "fox & friends first" on monday morning, live shot from times square you there are people gathered all weekend long. they had practices, big ball will drop if you're in the area, that should be something i will say that you should do at least once. precautions taking just a little bit later, stay tune. we begin with border security standoff. the president and democrats appear unwilling to waiver on the wall as the government shutdown enters tenth day, garrett tenney live in washington where negotiations are at standstill. good morning, garrett. >> heather, good morning to you, based on what we are hearing the shutdown will last late this week, but m

long island city, new crystal city, virginia. with a recently signed ten year lees hopeful tomorrow lure in new customer of the amazon employee base walking distance. >> we find it intimidating that there is the big box retailer giant to come in. the way to look is not through fear but as a sense ofland building a tliefgt community. >> the queens economic development kwormg women's azmodan with open arms. but acknowledges challenges for housing and transportation. >> i think we have to be very careful with amazon. because question could structure issues, husbanding issues. >> this water front is a proposed location for hq 2 but not eveone is thrilled that amaze isn't coming toow t the new york city council hilled meetingsed today on amazon while lawmakers and residents ralli against the choice. some local entrepreneurs are frustrated top lexi beach opened her astoria book shop five years ago and signed another five-year lease tw proposed amazon site. concerned about rents going up in the city for both businesdes and res. and says

there is a whole host of emergency vehicles and emergency personnel here from the nypd, the new york citypartment, the bomb squad arrived just a short time ago. that's what i'm told the latest information. the new york city fire department out front, as well. there are detectives. people in tactical gear right now in front of the building. and many people are just standing on the sidewalk. all of the employees, all those people who were in the building at the time as we were doing our live broadcast, they're all out of the building of the time warner center now. either lined up on the sidewalk or in a myriad of the businesses located around the time warner center. but it is cold outside. it is 40 degrees and we were pushed out into the cold by someone who called it a legitimate bomb threat. either way or a hoax bomb threat. but either way, it's terrible because it's disrupted the way we conduct business and it's also disrupted the entire neighborhood in this area of people who live in this area and there are many people and people who work in this area either can't leave or businesses bei

welcome back. [ scattered cheers ] >> and new york city is like no other city in the world. the world, people press lobby. you get into an elevator in new york city people press lobby, door close, door close, door close, door close, door close. [ laughter ] come on, come on, come on! >> jimmy: close it! >> if you haven't seen the door close button, it's the one completely worn away -- [ laughter ] from impatience. come on, come on! >> jimmy: that's how you know you're in a new york elevator, yeah. >> i was in new york city when the pope came here. >> jimmy: oh, yeah. that was a big deal. >> and only in new york city do you hear people say, "please tell me the pope is gone. [ laughter ] i'm trying to get to the upper west side, the pope and his stupid barricades." [ laughter ] >> jimmy: it is true. the traffic was -- you got to learn how to relax here. chill out. get -- >> i'm trying, man. >> jimmy: yeah. >> i got in last night. and i got a massage. >> jimmy: good. >> i always feel weird getting a massage, you know. you're laying there. you're looking through that weird doughn

we have a heightened sense of security in new york city. terrorist attacks in the last two or three years with these are tools that 900 law enforcement agencies use, la, las vegas, those places, even new york city the fire department uses drone technology so this is not unprecedented but when you are new york city this becomes national news, they are being very specific in instances where they can use it and very specific in instances where they can't. it will never be used as a weapon or a routine patrol thing, there will not be a fleet of big brother drones following people around all day. they were specific in constructing this policy to meet the standards of the fourth amendment. heather: the new york civil liberties union don't feel they are being specific enough, they believe the new policies fall short of what is needed to balance the legitimate law enforcement needs against privacy interests of new yorkers. so a certain scenario, say there is a drug deal going down and the drone footage catches it while they are filming something el

wait until you hear what one woman said during the rush in new york city.at is the worst of america. welcome back to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. we start with the president breaking his brief silence on the sentencing of his former personal attorney and fix eer michael cohen. he did not ask him to break the law. in an interview with fox news, the president downplayed cohen's work. he said he did, quote, very low level work. >> more public relations than he did law. he did stuff. you would see him on television. he was okay on television. years ago, many years, like 12 or 13 years ago, he did me a favor. he was on a committee and so responsive and so good. i said he's a nice guy. he was a lawyer. because of that, i did it. in retrospect, i made a mistake. >> oh, this story has been changing, folks. the president's new explanation for the hush payments, the latest version of the ever changing story. he once said he didn't know about the payments. >> did you know about the $130,000 payment to stormy daniels? >> no, no. >> why did m

just a short while ago, auckland, new zealand, was one of the first major cities to ring in 2019 with a massive fireworks display from its sky tower. here at home, tonight's famous ball drop in new york's times square is expected to be seen by up to a million spectators. and of course, added security measures are in place. safety is a top concern with the nypd on heightened alert. nbc's chris pollone is live for us in times square. good morning, chris. looks like it's pretty mild out there right now. >> reporter: yeah, good morning to you and happy new year. it certainly is. what a difference a year makes. a year ago at this time, i was talking about a record cold ball drop here in new york city. tonight we might see record high temperatures, even in the 40s. but the people who come out here to times square this year might also see something that we haven't seen in more than two decades. in new york's times square, there's a feeling in the air. >> exciting, like my heart is racing, the adrenaline, the energy's everywhere. >> reporter: just hours before the nation's biggest new year's

kennedy: new york city, state us, worse kind, they are at it again, just time before they get to you,mandated a new minimum wage $17.22 an hour after expenses for uber and lyft price, ride share cust -- say it will increase cost and less efficient. after the vote, i believe all new yorkers are willing to pay more, and wait longer so people transporting fetransporting theo provide for themselves and their family, yeah, right, first of all that not true, we're cheap and impatient. >> why is the city again trying to fight the free market. >> why? friday night, raining, yes, i will pay 50. >> this started years ago, when driver were classified as independent corrected ors -- contractor instead of employees. that is where battle lines were drawn. this is after years, and i think there something to be said about taxi limousine commission saying we're just going to help the factaxi drivers. >> i hate what state speaks in volunteerism, but uber and lyft cracked open medical medallion practice, rich people could buy medallions and take advantage of people who drive the cab, they broke that ope

i'm expecting a rather mild here when the ball drops in new york city, mild new year's eve as well, guys. lauren: that could be bad news. >> i want snow. >> not on the way yet. [laughter] lauren: thank you, happy new year. >> happy new year. >> let's actually move on now because snow is not in the cards, let's take a look at how stock futures are doing as we head into crazy volatile week in final day of trading, everything in the dow, s&p 11, nasdaq 24 points, how will all of the market volatility affect mergers and acquisitions, we will take a closer look at that. we will tell you about 2 billion hostile deal brewing in the pot business, you're watching fbn:am . deserves the hard work that went into the science behind vascepa. prescription vascepa. vascepa, along with diet and exercise, has proven results in multiple clinical trials. vascepa looks different because it is different. over a decade of extensive research and development achieved proven results. that's the prescription power of vascepa. vascepa is not right for everyone. do not take vascepa if you are allergic to icosapent e

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in case, you put a price on consumers, they will find answer thattives in -- alternatives, in new york city costs too much for uber, i will go subway, bus. >> that is what uber and lyft are saying, new yorkers are not paying more. kennedy: no they will not, they are already impatient, and guess what, the subway sucks, i am sorry, i hate to be the skunk at gartgarden party. >> cheers to this, prohibition ended 85 years ago today, we have learned tough lesson in 13 years that alcohol of the illegal,al crow ho alcohol trade controlled by black market and murder rate was doubled. states are warming up to weed, michigan tonight will be 10 state where devil's lettuce is legal for recreational importance, how long before wewide u wise up and end drug war. >> we could make progress on that, donald trump is a republican, he is open to some reforms, i think that ending drug war could be a popular issue, i don't think that too many people want to continue with failed war, we recognize problem with pr prohibition, lie all other status examples huge money involved in prison industrial complex they own a

the highest wage will be paid here in new york city. other low-paid employees will see their minimum hourly wage go up to $15 an hour. business owners say the hexpeul. >>> and for lots of folks, the new yearsns ihe old. at holdsrue in t auto industr which is ll long-rl incling thorfocus, cht's cr and bolt. also the cadillac ct6 and ats, the nissan juke, and the iconic volkswagen beetle. analysts say a shift to suvs and crossovers is the driving force. about one out of every two vehicles sold in the coming year is expected to be an suv or crossover according to the car buying service edmonds. i'm going to miss those beetles. >> i know, no more beetles. >> can't do the punch game, right? >> there will still be some on the road. wendy gillette down at the new york stock exchange, we'll be waiting to see what wall street does today. wendy, thanks. >>> still ahead, brightening the holidays. hundreds of volunteers shine a light of hope for young hospital patients. those week old stains o get out and downy to get it fresh and soft. you are free

pete: all of this happening in new york city. dline caught our eye in the "new york post" called surrender. bill de blasio, the infamous mayor needles across new york city. put up disposable boxes for needles so if you are a heroin addict and you are shooting up rather than throwing it on the ground, you put your needle in the box. griff: we're not talking about one needle, we are talking about 60,000 heroin needles, drug needles were found in the ground in the six months that was the box. 60,000 that they want the drug users to not simply drop the needle where they have done their drugs but to go and put them in the we just saw turns out not working so well. rachel: 60,000 needles found on the ground in six months. heroin addicts are not good recyclers. they don't care about litter and maybe bill de blasio's plan wasn't so well thought out. pete: maybe druggies don't comply with the law. griff: about 10% are. rachel: the solution isn't the boxes. they need more money spent on campaigns to bring awareness to littering. griff: mayb

cities. amazon famously coming to new york city now. you have just a range of things. contractions occurring that many of which were either local or federal. >> we often hear about income inequality. is that something that helps or causes a squeeze on american families economically? >> absolutely. you're seeing the managerial, the upper managerial class and ownership class of a lot of companies flourishing and then you're seeing the people who work for them, the professionals that were once more secure not getting necessarily a part of the pie and anything from auto workers who are just not, no longer having job security to librarians too as i said, lawyers which is shocking. but in many states only 50 percent of people with law degrees find employment now as lawyers . surplus lawyers or excess lawyers be one what is your personal experience? >> i grew up middle-class driving. my grandparents are immigrants who owned a shoe store and my parents lived in a one bedroom apartment in new york city so i had a portal into what it would be like to be in the situation many of

to the northeast and new york city. this is what it looks like. 49 degrees at midnight.ain showers probable across the region. begins at 4:00 p.m. and continuing in the overnight hours of monday and tuesday morning. if it plays out as forecast, the first time since 1994 we had wet weather at midnight for new year's eve at times square. it will be one of the warmest ones as well. compare to the windchill on new year's eve last year as we rung in 2018. 6 below is what it felt like. 45 degrees is what it will feel like this morning going into tomorrow morning in portions of new york city. that's the perspective. wet weather slated across the south here with thunderstorms embedded in the tennessee valley. generally going to be a threat here for rain as opposed to snow for a large part of the east coast. guys. >> pedram, thanks very much. >>> a new year means new laws on the books. here are the highlights. 19 states increase minimum wage on or around new year's day. the federal minimum wage has been stuck at $7.25 since 2009. more women are getting a seat at the table in 2019

it's 5 o'clock in new york city and this is "the five." >> ♪ >> ♪ >> this is a fox news alert.egal immigrant wanted for killing a police officer in california arrested after a massive 48 hours manhunt. the sheriff blamed sanctuary laws saying the suspect had 2 previous dui arrests. and if he was deported officer ron singh would still be alive. saying the suspect was trying to flee to mexico. two others were arrested for helping the suspected murderer evade capture. police announced this at an emotion press conference with victim's players. >> the suspect was happen hended in bakersfield and taken into custody today by teams from the kern county sheriff's office and other law enforcement agencies who helped us pursue this suspect in pursuit of justice. gustavo perez arriaga, 33 years old, again was arrested during the execution of a search warrant. he was found in a residence in bakersfield. we will get into the specifics of that. i want to introduce officer ron singh's brother reggie. he would like to share a few words with all of you. >> [voice breaking]. please bear with me.

on the last william beekman who was painted in new york city in november 1767 probably the first portrait that durant painted in america. william was one of six children of the wealthy and influential new yorker james beekman who paid durant to paint all six of his children. you see bright saturated colors , it is linear. the shadowing is pretty rudimentary. three-dimensional qualities really aren't there. you could particularly see that in the mask and other card details of the table underwear his elbow is resting. it looks pretty flat. on the right we have mrs. leverett hubbard. of hartford connecticut who was painted the following year, 1768. in particular here she does look very flat. we see him advance. his style a bit in the 1770s. these are two of his later works. on the left daniel baran painted in norfolk, virginia in 1774. he was a merchant. this falls pretty evenly in the middle of the ark of durant's career. his face is a little bit more unique and a little bit better models. there are more convincing shadows in the work. this is also incorporating knowledge of popular british

the new york city skyline we told you about this last night as breaking news.st it was believed add a transformer exploded, but today an equipment failure caused an electrical arc causing a blinding light. that temporarily closed la gu d guardia in queens. >>> a department store won a reprieve from liquidation. sears' chairman put a plan to buy the company out through his hedge fund. well hesmith his offer today and today was the last day to do it. it was down to the wire. sears have until january 4th to decide whether it is a qualified bidder, but the company will close another 80 stores that brings the total number of closed stores to 260. five of those are in california, but none in the bay area. >>> facebook founder mark zuckerberg promising change in the new year. zuckerberg posted a letter to his page wright about how his company has changed since data and privacy scandals, also promising to do better. among other things, the facebook ceo says the company has hired 30,000 people to focus on security and harassment issues. experts say words only go so far

the new rules could result in the equivalent of a $10,000 annual raise for some of new york city's cabs is it ever ok to hug at work, or is itjust best to stick to a polite handshake, and what are your rights to refuse if you are really not into the idea of hugging colleagues? and finally, chanel has announced it will no longer use exotic animal skins or fur in its collections. this means the french fashion house will stop making products with crocodile, lizard, snake and stingray skins. gucci, versace, burberry and michael kors have all committed to going fur—free in recent years, in a bid to prioritise ethical sourcing and production. with me is bev shah, who is co—founder and chief executive of city hive. let's get started. what a week for our politicians. it is an absolute marathon, and they started yesterday. really, it wasjust breathtaking, wasn't it?

but it was new york city, and what happens in new york city, well, that's international news. >> goodour top stories. 1 unmore police join the hunt for the son of sam killer in new york. >> the search continues for the .44 caliber killer who has come to be known as the son of sam. >> he warned in one of his sick and threatening letters to the press and to the police, sam is a thirsty lad and he won't let me stop killing until he's had his fill of blood. >> it was a really hot summer in new york, and everything went dark. i heard someone on the street go, it's a black out! the looters were out almost instantly. and it felt apocalyptic. i remember going to bed that night thinking it was the end of the world. >> new york city in the early morning, after a night of no electric power, what it did have in the dark streets was a wild outburst of crime. >> when the greatest city in the world goes black, it showed a crumbling america. then you have the son of sam on the loose. >> we always look for parents in the victims. there was a belief he was only killing women with long, dark hair. >> i

an eerie blue light flooded the new york city skyline. video 3ik9s not hard to come by. the reason was a transformer explosion at a substation in queens. fortunately, no one hurt in the fire, which is under investigation but look at that sky in shades of blue, visible as far as manhattan and new jersey. people flooded the streets to try to figure out the source of the blue-green glow. >> it's a crazy blue light out of nowhere. after that blue turned into red, blue, and after five minutes it went away. >> it went from nighttime to instant through sun's up. >> it closed la guardia airport in queens. terminals were impacted by the closu closure. the airport has since resumed to normal operations. the bright light had people dploking to social media last night. it was a meteor. nothing like tonight except it had people trying to figure out what it was. >> new video of a swawater arre being made. the man is being pulled out of the lake via helicopter. he wasn't hurt. he just got stuck. the man chargesds with murdering 18-year-old leah wilson in a b.a.r.t. station is delusiona

heavy rain moving through new york city right now. the rain is falling across boston. philadelphia getting a break from the heaviest rain but more is o the way. the front extends to new orleans wheree it's in this area on th gulf coast we have the threat of severe storms. so as this moves eastward we are going to continue with heavy rain throughout the morning in the northeast and intoarly this afternoon. it's this afternoon that we are going to see the heavier rain id charleston along the panhandle of florida. this will clear out by tomorrow and replacing it some lake-effectsnow acr the western great lakes. delays at the airports.k, boston, new y philly, d.c., raleigh, charlotte, atlanta. a major hub. f we are likely going to see delays becausee heavier rain and isolated gusty winds. inas far as additional ll, we are looking at an inch and a half to two inches southern new jersey, parts of long island and southern new england. farther twithe south w see perhaps up to four inches along le panhandle of florida which couldd to additional

temperatures, it will be 60 in boston, 50s in new york city, and topping 50 late at night on friday in burlington, vrt. snow loss there in new england. i'm eric fisher for cbs news. >>> after a year-long battle to come to the u.s., a yemeni woman has arrived in california to be with her dying son. shaima swileh was granted a waiver from the travel ban that restricted citizens of yemen and six other countries from coming to the u.s. her 2-year-old son has a genetic brain disorder and is on life support. the boy's father is a u.s. citizen who brought his son here for medical treatment. >> this is a difficult time for our family but we are blessed to be together. i ask you to respect our privacy as we go to be with our son again. >> the state department called it a very sad case. and a new york judge could decide today whether to dismiss harvey weinstein's sexual assault case or send it to trial. weinstein is charged with raping a woman that he knew in a hotel room in 2013 and forcibly performing oral sex on another woman in 2006 in his manhattan apartment. his lawyer says the case was ta

times square in new york city to ring in the new miyear. co up, theatest on lse >>> got a developing story to tell you about. we start with anpdate on an incident that has train service suspended on metro. right now, trains are not running between federal center and stadium armory due to a police investigation. metro transit police say the s perswn here, as we take a white pread an unknown powder on benches in eastern market, then got on a train t metr center, where he got off via the elevator. police say the powder was harmless, but the investigation is causing some delays on the orange, silver, and blue lines. obviously, if you have any information on this man, you should call police right away. >>> new at midday, senator elizabeth warren is forming an exploratory committee. this is the first major step toward launching a campaign for the presidency. the democra from massachusetts is 69 years old and could be entering one of th most crowded races in decades. and an small to sporters warns that she'd more formally announce a campaign plan

new york city hiking it up to 15. study said at that millenials are focused on saving money in the near -- in the new year. it's the top of financial stress of the year. happening right now we've been talking about it. the partial government shutdown entering the second week right now. the cofounder of the ceo. glad to be here new year's day. there are a lot of details that have been hurting small business. you think about 800,000 federal workers. they are neck and the spend the money in the local businesses. it really does trickle down. not to use the old reagan terminology. there is also another factor here. they miss a paycheck. they don't get to generally make up the paycheck. some of these federal workers that are put off some of those folks that work as a contractor for the federal government once they miss those hours. they might never see this money come back. they will remain an active until further notice. they apologize. if you operate on short-term loans for your business in your capital. >> this is the he

take a look at this light that lit up the sky in new york city last night. people from queens to new jersey could see this very super natural shade of blue. in a brand-new statement out an morning, a lal power jt yellow sparks in t loads li. the sky. it looked like blue fire. >> it was insane. it was a real weird color of blue too. i thought, the aliens are here. >> it caused disruption for arriving flights yesterday. it does look bizarre. the power has sense been restored. but the blue sky had social media buzzing last night with a lot of people saying it looked like an alien invasion. >>> happening today, chief bill scott will announce a statewide pilot program to crackdown on repeat offenders. >>> drivers with more than one dui will have to install an ignition interlock device and keep it for two years. you cannot turn on the engine until you blow through a device to prove you did not have alcohol in your system. it goes into effect january 1st. >>> this morning san jose's police chief is standing by officers after they shot and killed a 24-year-old woman

new zealand. the first major city to welcome in 2019. nds of people are gathering to watch the fireworks display at the sky tower in auckland. todd: with a new year comes new resolutions. we want to know what are your new year's resolutions. email us at friends@foxnews.com. rachel: we are 18 hours away. >> i feel like i kicked it over. todd: there is the clock right there. 17 hours, 57 minutes and 43 seconds. rachel: i was walking around times square, the center of the world will be very soon. there is a lot of security. there is going to be 7,000 new york city police officers, drones, god knows what else. we have superman, too. dean cain is here protecting us. dean: i'm going to be behind the officers that everything is okay opt back lines. those guys are great. i was here last year for new year's. it's going to be 50 degrees this year. amazing. todd: when you walk outside they are out there. putting the barricades up. that's going to grow over the next 17 hours, 57 minutes. rachel: there is another barrier, todd. todd: what? rachel: und

. >> reporter: so you're not going to find a performance like this in new york city's famous theater district. instead you have to go downtown. when i say downtown, i mean brooklyn, new york, to the one place where it's okay to get a little naughty on christmas. let's check it out. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: the show starts before the performance even begins. you walk in to what feels like a 1920s red light speakeasy.

and catalonia protesters in barcelona a scuffle with police that stands spain's cabinet meets a new city in an effort to reduce tensions over the region's independence movement also coming up u.s. allies react with shock as defense secretary jim matters quids matters says america's abrupt pullout from syria sends the wrong message to the country's friends and emboldened since both just and germany marks the end of an era as it closes its last underground coal mine and meet the miners who powered german industry from deep below the earth and the man. on layla iraq it's a pleasure to be with you all spanish police have arrested at least eleven protesters during clashes in barcelona spanish media are reporting dozens of people have been injured in the violence the clashes broke out at a demonstration organized by radical separatist groups who were protesting against a meeting of the in spanish cabinet which was being held in the regional capital and is traders have been trying to block growth since early this morning but the cabinet meeting chaired by prime minister pedro sanches went ahead

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plus, right now new york city is preparing for tonight's celebration. n hand in times square to protect more than one million people. but first, here's today's eye opener for you at 8:00. >> billions of people around the world planning to ring in the new year tonight. >> police say there is no specific credible threat to the celebration tonight. >> everybody goes home, we start planning for next year. >> rain will start falling in new york city around the middle part of the afternoon and it will come down like crazy into the evening hours, everybody as the ball drops. >> senator lindsey graham says the president is open to some kind of a deal but that deal would have to include money for the waltham. is in all probability a non-starter for democrats. >> is the question investigators are looking at is how did this animal get out of a secure and locked area. >> any incident like this is devastating. >> louis ck went on to tell controversial jokes to a a room of roaring laughter. >> i love new york but i'd rather be in auschwitz. >> fraus it up at the free

new york city has it together. een other events in miami and chicago, this is the experience from 9/11, got us in tune what needs to be done? >> that's right. new york city, i want to say particularly the nypd is at the forefront of counterterrorism measures. when we have the u.n. general assembly, different instances that occur, such as events, something nypd uses to train for days like today on new year's eve. granted we don't have any particular threats but we want to maintain level of cautiousness that vigilance will keep new yorkers safe. david: how much of that vigilance is transferable to other cities that may have a difficult infrastructure than we do here in new york? >> not just other cities but to other nations. look for the nypd for suggestions to implement, an effective counterterrorism strategy. the police, their populations. it is safe to say that the new york city police department is at the forefront of this. believe it or not the nypd travels abroad to other nations to extract information that is p

. >>> and new information on a search for a gunman who killed happen police officer during a traffic stop in the central valley city of newman. new photos released by the stanislaus county's sheriff department. they referred to the manhunt, the white house referred to the manhunt as a reason to build the border wall. and he killed corporal singh. >> we don't need to politicize the death of officer singh. he immigrated here to be here legally and he had a dream to be a police officer and he sacrificed his life to protect his community. his killer is not supposed to be in this country. >> detectives carried out a search warrant at a property yesterday afternoon. the suspect was not there. earlier in the day, newman police chief, he held an emotional news conference and talked about the death of officer singh. >> you have to understand this is not supposed to happen here. i've been, i've been to too much of these funerals and i never thought ever that i would have to be doing this. i do not want to be here today. i would give anything not to. >> there will be a community vigil honoring corporal singh and it will be in

why would he support a new tax on his own company? >> i love the city love people and i love innovation and creating and making something new happen. that's where i get a lot of my joy. >> joy marc also gets from running a company consistently ranked as among the very best places to work in the country, with employee cafes and meditation rooms on every floor, you can see why. >> how does that make you feel? >> that makes me feel good. that's what i want. i want this to be a great place to work. not only are we making money, building great products, having great customer success, but also we're able to give back. >> reporter: this entrepreneur got the bug to create and innovate very early in life. >> have you enjoyed working on this? >> yeah, i've enjoyed working on >> reporter: that's marc when he was ten years old, appearing on kgo with an idea he pitched the station. perhaps there were early clues about where this man was headed. >> you stand on the 61st floor of the tower that bears your company's name. what a journey. >> i know. >> what do you think

she is from new york city. she is the first african-american woman to win election to the house of representatives. she really represents america moving forward. this image of george wallace, former governor of alabama, campaigning for the presidency. he really represents the america of old. you don't often have this kind of juxtaposition. she wasn't typically a presidential candidate. later she would run for president. on paper when you ladies things out you wonder how they are going to lay out. things seem to fit. above them are the two democratic candidates. the small image you see at the top of their is the mayor of chicago. this was a very memorable convention. not so much what went on in the convention hall but the student protest. and daily new, mayor daley new it might be contentious. when he was asked about the chaos and the protesters all he could say was at least no one was killed. there is much heavy handedness from the chicago police department. this is by the same artist. very different. we move f

what is this new facility and why are some americans concerned? >>> also, they call paris the cityilt something very big and very powerful. they say it's entirely scientific but could the installation in the patagonia be used the spy on the u.s.? nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel went there to investigate. >> reporter: tonight, a chinese probe is circling the moon. its launch is one small step for science, and one great leap for china's ambitions on earth. to see why, we travelled deep into the wilds of patagonia, a vast, wind-swept and largely uninhabited region in argentina. >> there it is. >> reporter: rising up like an alien spaceship, we found this enormous piece of chinese hardware. this satellite is 16 stories tall. it weighs 450 tons. china says the purpose of this entire facility is to research the dark side of the moon. the argentinian government was promised the base will not be used for military purposes but the giant antenna can also be used to spy on american satellites and that has experts worried. >> it's hard for me to see how information derived from