. >> reporter: with over a million people expected in mid-town manhattan and a billion more watching on tv, new york officials are determined to make earth. mayor bill de blasio. >> we are the best prepared city in the country and we know how to do big event and shown it time and time again. >> reporter: snipers will be on rooftops and garbage cans removed and manhole covers sealed shut and radiation detectors deployed. this year, the nypd established a 500-person special response unit that holds regular drills. 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 targ

the streets of mid-town manhattan came to a standstill today for the funeral of new york police detective joseph stood in silent tribute for a cop his colleagues called superman. lemm was on patrol with five other americans in afghanistan. when they were attacked by a suicide bomber december 21st. it was lemm''third deployyent totoafghanistan with the air national guard. yes he was a cop and a reservist. for whom duty meant everything. two years ago local news cameras were there when he susuprised his faaly at a restaurant coming home early deployment. lemm was a big country kid from nebraska. who thrived as cop in some of theroughest sections of the bronx. his little boy ryan idolized him. and high on he shoulders of a new york city police officer today the four year old saluted his pop. taps plays a salute he held and held. ring the funeraj police commissioner bill bratton said thii.. sot bill brrtton nypd commissioner 11;44;57 today we say farewell to a hero of our time and a hero for all ages. a patriot, who centered his life, on proteccing others. 11;45;09 that sure sounds like super

sort of things they're going to discuss here in the hotel behind me, the five star hotel in mid town manhattan where they're having their private session and then they'll be going on later on to sit in public around the horseshoe table of the u.n. security council to make public statements to try and push on this pros. the plan is when they get to the security council, they're going to try and pass a resolution endorsing all of this process to give it a little bit more weight because of course the security council resolution means it's then international law. formally when you have a security council resolution, it should be submitted 24 hours before the meeting. they've shot way past that deadline. they're still negotiationing and there is still no agreement on a resolution that's supposed to pass in just a matter of hours from now. i spoke a short time ago to the british ambassador to the united nations, one of those who's been involved in the negotiations. he told me he's still hopeful they will get a resolution but said right now, they are dancing on the head of a pin on some of the detail

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♪ alix: live from bloomberg world headquarters in mid-town manhattan, you are watching bloomberg televisioni'm alix steel. let's start with the first word news with mark crumpton at the news desk. more toaq is sending fight islamic state in ramadi. the reinforcements are securing neighborhoods that have been recaptured from the militants. this is the third day of the government offensive to retake the city. islamic state seized the capital last may. police in aging tightens security around popular tourist areas today as embassies issued warnings of threats against westerners. the american, french, and british embassies said they received information against possible threats against westerners on and around christmas day. citizens are urged to be vigilant. airportlis-st. paul police are out in full force to ensure safe travel after mass protests led to disruptions. lives matters demonstrators blocked access to one terminal and shut down the mall of america. at least a dozen people were arrested. in l.a., they spray-painted names of police shooting victims on the road. nine people were arrest

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betty: live from bloomberg's world headquarters here in mid-town manhattan, you are watching "bloomberg let's head to the markets desk where rami and a since it was the latest. i know you're looking at energy stocks, but we are coming off our rally, aren't we? has the ramy inocencio latest. ramy: a lot of that has to do with volatility, volumes that are not happening today because of the christmas holiday. part of it has to do with oil and dynamics crude, still pushing higher. nymex crude, fourth day in a row of gains, the longest winning streak since april. has risen by 9%. the caveat is it is still it lows not seen since february 2009. with that, oil stocks have been rising with the rise of wti earlier this week, but you can see our majors are all taking a beat. exxon mobil down more than 1%. chevron down the most, 1.3%. tonic of the lives down over 1%. phillipsy -- conoco down 29 percent. sun edison shares have actually been rallying today. they were up about 10%, and now they are up by 8%. the good news, the company says it is in talks with possible financing sources for a credit fa

. >>> less than 24 hours more than a million people will pour into mid-town manhattan for the biggest new year's eve party in the country. organizers ran a confetti test tuesday with colorful paper don dahler is in times square where the police unveiled their security plans. >> reporter: good morning. the new york police department began preparations for this year's new year's eve when the last piece of confetti fell last year. with the threat of global terrorism looming, security is more intense than ever before. some measures, you can see. some measures, you can't. when the clock strikes 12:00 this new year's eve, the new york police department wants times square to be the most secure place in the world. >> we are very, very confident that new year's eve in new york city will be the safest place in the world to be. >> reporter: roughly 6,000 police officers are guard the heart of manhattan. hundreds of them with long guns and radiation detector and bomb sniffing dogs. rooftop snipers and nypd helicopters will be on patrol. at a new operations center in downtown, manhattan, officers

manhattan. the upper east side finished the top of the list, mid town north ranked second followed by sometimes care and tribeca soho. can't park at sometimes square, right? nowhere. >> i wouldn't even try. >> not a good idea. >> crazy to even give it a shot. >>> 5:57. next at 6:00, a consumer alert for holiday shoppers. a major retailer saying your packages may arrive after christmas. >>> also at 6:00 a.m., a security breach at kennedy airport. what we're now learning about the man who walked on to a taxiway. the door, take us with you and keep watching. download the "news 4 new york" app on your device. we're back in two minutes. you're watching "today in new york." i hear you' re quite the expert at waking people up in the morning. let me show you how grandma does it. your daddy made this when he was a little boy. this is your dad at my house, where he had his first christmas. thanks for making the coffee. well look who' s up. i' m really glad you' re here mom. me too. look who' >>> breaking news. a neighborhood blocked off in new jersey as firefighters try to get the upper hand on a mansion