minus 5 in times square. kicking us off tonight, eva pilgrim with america on ice. >> reporter: record cold temperatures sweeping the country tonight, bringing a freezing end to 2017. >> yep, it's cold. for sure. >> it's bitter cold. >> reporter: windchill alerts at this hour from colorado to maine fresh on the heels of a frigid christmas week for the east. >> it's really, really cold. i can see my breath. >> reporter: the bitter blast now fatal. at least two dead of hypothermia. windchills below zero all afternoon in chicago, and feeling like the teens here in new york. it doesn't make much when the temperatures are this cold to make the roads freeze. on top of those dangerously low temperatures, snow. in buffalo, where they should be used to this -- me.i haven't seen this in a long >> reporter: erie, pennsylvania seeing a half foot of snow overnight. their weekly total now topping 6 feet. icy conditions making traveling treacherous in iowa. >> there's a big truck right here. whoa, whoa. right in front of us!

. >>> times square on ice. more than 1 million people bracing for possibly one of the coldest new year eves on record. the potential danger for the crowds watching the ball drop. plus, extreme cold and wind chill alerts from texas to maine. >>> ring of steel. times square surrounded by unprecedented security. snipers in position. special police dogs on the street. >>> new year's scare. the arsenal seized inside a hotel room. police recovering an assault rifle, shotgun and ammunition. what authorities have just revealed. >>> also breaking tonight, the deadly plane crash. 12 people on board. the plane going down in a tourist area of costa rica. the u.s. state department now checking to see if americans were on board. >>> and, true colors. the restaurant staff coming together, giving a co-worker a whole new look on life. >>> and good evening. thanks for joining us on this new year's eve. i'm tom llamas. we begin with the breaking news, the deadly police ambush outside of denver. at least one the row of officers sa

a massive police and fire response shutting down times square. police say the suspect is an immigrant from bangladesh. he survived this, and tonight, what he's now telling police. as we also learn authorities say he was wearing the bomb the entire time, from the moment he boarded the train in brooklyn during his trip to times square. abc's gio benitez leading us off. >> reporter: tonight, this is the moment authorities are calling an act of terror. surveillance camera footage capturing a man detonating a homemade pipe bomb strapped to his body. here from another angle, the suspect circled. surrounded by unsuspecting commuters. then suddenly, an explosion. a cloud of smoke. the crowd disperses. injuring five and leaving the suspect on the ground, still alive, and so was everyone around him. the bomb only partially detonated. >> this was an attempted terrorist attack. thank god the perpetrator did not achieve his ultimate goals. >> reporter: the attack striking the heart of new york city in the middle of this morning's rush hour. a law enforcement

we are seeing barricades in times square. and police are on guard as the stage is being set for tomorrow night's big show, dan. >> marcus moore, thank you very much. >>> we move on now to the bizarre police-involved shooting in wichita. police drawn to a home by a prank caller who reported a fake crime. this is called swatting, and in this case, the prank cost an innocent man his life. here's abc's erielle reshef. >> reporter: tonight, an innocent man gunned down by an officer in wichita. all part of what authorities are calling a deadly case of swatting. >> last evening's officer-involved shooting is a tragic and senseless act. >> reporter: 25-year-old tyler barris arrested in california believed by police to be the cryptic voice in this bogus 911 call. >> i shot him in the head and he's not breathing anymore. >> reporter: barris allegedly saying he shot his father then describing a sinister plan -- >> i already poured gasoline all over the house so might just set it on fire. >> reporter: police racing to an address the call

the fire department has also confirmed a report of a bomb at port authority near times square. ed this. they are responding to reports of an explosion of an unknown origin at 42nd street and eighth avenue. the ac and e! online are being evacuated at this time. information is pulmonary. preliminary. more is available. no more information at this time. we will bring updates as they come in. you first if like this because you are talking to someone actually in the middle of it. this is more than 15 minutes ago. texted me and told me his wife just got a bomb square close to times square and i said what was going on. this happened more than 15 minutes ago. posted 20 minutes ago. she was on the subway and heard a huge boom. and everybody bolted out of the subway. in fact another woman grabbed her hand and they just started running. it is a vastly disrupted subway service. the one the to the three they are all a bypassing 42nd street. they are reports of an explosion near times square we want to follow what the nypd tells us that we will do that for you. just fyi if you are commuting i

vigilance in times square and at other new year'slebrations. force both seen and behind the scenes. >>> swatting death. >> show your hands! >> police responding to what they thought was a violent domestic assault, killing an unarmed and innocent man. that call was a prank. the alleged caller arrested more than 1,000 miles away. >>> cutting edge clue. the break in a cold case. the suspect of a brutal usedbrough hft peckpot ripoff?dna he >>> good evening. thank you for joining us on this saturday. i'm dan harris in for tom tonight, and we begin wi unpleasant cold.e ermo as the ticking down tonight, more than 200 million americans dealing with an arcticblast. winter weather alert ro even into the deep south. snow andngerous travel. trucks and cars skidding off the road here ok at the map.ls could be at their worst just as the new year 11 in dallas. timn sar >> reporter: record cold temperatures sweeping the country tonight, bringing a freezing end to 2017. >> yep, it's cold. for sure. >> it's bitter cold.indchill alerts at fresh on the heels of a

the van time square freezing. join social media, tweet and read tweet has take fox news 2018. >> this is a fox news alert. five sheriff deputies shot, one killed after responding to a domestic disturbance endeavor. the suspect fired more than 100 rounds at an apartment complex in an ambush attack. the shooting injured two civilians. here's the latest on this. >> the deputies walked into an onslaught of gunfire early this morning in highlands ranch colorado. the officers walked into the apartment the suspect unloaded. four deputies were injured, one deputy was shot and killed. two civilians were shot the they're very familiar with the man a while his motive is unclear, we learned that he used a rifle in the attack and was waiting for officers to arrive including the deputy who is 29 years old. >> i cannot tell you how difficult it is for a leader to sit down with the spouse of an officer killed in the line of duty. they had many hopes and dreams. he was doing his job and doing it well. then his life was taken from

times square is just one block away from this location times square located on seventh and eighth seventhand forty second street so this is this is the in of the center of midtown manhattan this is a place where a lot of tourists who come into the city come from they come from the buses though the buses that come over from new jersey in the morning it's a it's just this place is just swarming with people that they at the time of day that we're seeing right now i mean it's this is this is this is morning this is the time when commuters are just piling into the city to go to work on monday morning you can bet this place is a circus and it's just packed full of people so we're trying to figure out what's going on here now what was the purpose why you know why did this blast happen with anyone injured was anyone hurt was anyone killed possibly you know what happened exactly but but you can bet that a. like this is just packed with people on a monday morning like this i mean it's just swarming with people that are on their way to work so a lot of questions are being raised as people try to fig

day you bid farewell to last year's bad memories in the lead up to new year's celebrations in times square. great to have you along. liberia is poised to usher in its first democratic transfer of power in more than seven decades international. soccer star turned politician george weah won a landslide victory in this west african countries presidential runoff liberia a country founded by freed american slaves is africa's oldest modern republic it will be the first time that a democratically elected government hand over power to another since nine hundred forty four the country was devastated by a fourteen year long civil war that ended in two thousand and three and the ebola outbreak that erupted in twenty thirteen i to the cheers of jubilant supporters liberia's new president weeps tears of joy georgia has waited a long time for this moment after past election defeats this time he's won a landslide victory. supporters on the streets celebrate the triumph of the rags to riches candidate. ok so listen listen to it korean is not a kid to own up to it is a mandated trip to overnight success to

today is a small farewell to twenty seven thousand here on times square it is said to host hundreds of thousands of revelers in two days for new year's celebrations the security alert is high but authorities aren't warning of any specific threats. terrorists regard new york as the exact kind of place they want to disrupt and new yorkers respond consistently with strength and resiliency we saw after the two attacks in the fall concrete blocks and sand trucks have been put up to stop vehicles from speeding into crowds visitors to times square it will have to pass through a number of checkpoints along the way and snipers on top of buildings will be assigned to eliminate any threats the n.y.p.d. and our partners are well prepared is going to be one of the most well policed best protected events at one of the safest venues in the entire world the aim is to leave visitors with no worries as the ball prepares to drop. and usher in a fresh start to twenty eighteen. that's your news wrap get all the latest from the world of business the day all winter that's next thanks for watching. where i co

action news. >>> thank you, christie. >>> here's a live picture of time square. cross roads of the world is packed in spite of security concerns and the bitter cold. a million people are expected to show up. there's plenty of star power to ring in the new year, kelly clark son, joan nass, mariah carey will take center stage, then at midnight, the ball will drop along with 3,000 pounds of confetti. you can watch the party in time square in the comfort of your home here on 6 abc. ryan sea crest will host the new year's rocking eve. live coverage starting at 8:00 p.m. on channel 6. . >>> turning now to those eagles. trish showed us the die hard fans willing to brave the cold to watch the team at the linc >> they didn't play that great but it didn't matter. >> didn't play that great is very, very nice way to put it. >> brutal. and this is the way they will play in the playoffs, they're in major trouble. foles said they're still confident. the only thing colder tn this w ar's eve weather, the eagles offensive, ice cold in the finally. they lay an egg at fmeor the firs

there was the time square attempted time square bombing of 2010. in that case if the man had built a better bomb there may have been dozens or hundreds of casualties. from what we see today that's also the case. that the bomber's ineptitude in building his device may have been the single biggest factor in this not turning into a mass casualty event. >> bill: you look at the subways right now. it is rare not to see someone dressed in nypd blue who is staking out a subway station, especially during the holidays. you try to get around the christmas tree at rockefeller center. in my 15 years in the city i've never seen security this tight around mid-town manhattan as it is now. have you? >> the nypd is taking seriously the possibility of more terror attacks like this. look, the islamic state is in a state of collapse in iraq and syria right now and there is a mentality among jihadis that something has to be done here to turn around that momentum. to make it seem as though there is still a relevance for global jihad. that includes those with no connecti

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the would-be times square bomber managed to get the explosive device into times square. the inability of some of these jihadists to execute on their plans has been the only reason we haven't had some mass casualty attacks. how do we stop this? i know people don't want to be told this is the new normal. the nypd in particular, something i was involved in in the intelligence division has been trying to run surveillance operations based upon criminal predicate and they run into a lot of resistance, people are very concerned about possible civil rights violations, there's been a bit of a pull back from that. the aclu has been suing, all the things you've seen in the papers. if you want to stop someone like the individual this morning, if you want to stop him from doing what he did, the only real way would be ten know he's planning it and stop him and that planning phase. once he goes operational you are really relying on luck and perhaps some defensive security measures that will always be imperfect. >> harris: that's a lot to take in. you are talking about relationship buil

our team on the scene. >>> times square on ice. million people bracing for possibly one of the coldest new years on record. the potential danger for the crowds watching the ball drop. plus, extreme cold and wind chill alerts from texas to maine. >>> ring of steel. times square surrounded by unprecedented security. snipers in position. special police dogs on the street. >>> new year's scare. the arsenal seized inside a hotel room. police recovering an assault rifle, shotgun and ammunition.

an explosion from time square.. >> we understand it appears to be a pipe bomb. we'll tell you more in minutes. >>> good morning to you and thanks for joining us on this monday. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm scott mcgrew. marcus has the day off. let's check in with kari. >> good morning, we have a very cold start on this monday morning. as you step out the door, it is only 30 degrees in santa rosa and fairfield. at least it's milder but chilly all around the bay area. then, as we go into the day, warms up quickly. look at these high temperatures in san francisco. up to 66 degrees. we stay in the 60s and no rain in the seven day forecast. inland areas up to 70 degrees today. we will have a very mild weekend ahead. we will focus just on the weekend and some places you may be headed coming up in seven minutes. mike is saying it's a great drive for most commuters. >> we are talking, look at that, the south bay, which is just building now. it will kick in over the next half hour. we have a crash north 101. everything is off t

pete: not just the inner circle of times square. down parking garages, mandel, the uruguay match up points, places where people gather. that may not be times central, but if you bomber to go off, they would say taipei times square. >> this 12-inch reports. you will have surveillance, again unprecedented. they will be looking for pre-indicators of behavior that might be indicative of someone wanting to do something. take the manchester bombing with arial grande, the skinny guy with a jacket out of here looked out of place, made it look like he was 200 pounds. nobody spotted it. pre-indicators of behavior or what they're looking for. rachel: how could the biggest massacre changed policing in times square. there are huge buildings all around it. how has that changed it? >> they've always had snipers. tonight we will see a crazy amount of people in positions you've never seen before. that incident, the vegas incident changed. every time something like this happens like this happen to change like this happens it changes the way law enforc

an explosion near times square.er. >>> a potentially dangerous situation across the north bay. anytime you have enough moisture to create fog and a temperature below freezing that moisture could condense into ice on some of our bridges and overpasses. that will be around and all the way through the morning commute. now that's the visibility on live doppler 7. as far as sutro tower, bouncing around this morning. it's breezy in the hills. temperatures up there in the 50s. the rest of us in the 30s and 40s. even 50s at the coast. at noon and 4:00, low to mid-60s and then 47 to 57 at 7:00 as micro climates develop. an update on the sig alert from sue. >> we have the sig alert westbound. first the bay bridge toll plaza where the metering lights were turned on at 5:21. you are experiencing delays there. we had railroad crossing arms stuck down westbound, some malfunctioning signal lights near 116. purple means complete stop and road closures. that's bad news. it is now stacking up back to vallejo as you can see so avoid 3

come to times square and see it.y terrific. >> thank you so, so much for being with us on this freezing cold morning. we prish appreciate it. happy new year, everybody. sending it back to you. >> happy new year, everybody. i went to see the ball earlier this week. those panels look to me like magna tiles. the little triangles. they're fun little toys. >> spoken like a mother, yes. >> spoken like a mother, yes, but that's what it reminded me of. beautiful. not as -- magna tiles not as expensive. >> i would imagine than waterford crystals. >>> coming up, the alleged caller under arrest in the swatting hoax. that police say left an innocent man dead. what we're learning about the suspect in custody. arrested more than 1,000 miles away from where the shooting took place. >>> and on a much lighter note. we're getting the party started. my chat with new year's rockin' eve hosts ryan seacrest and jenny mccarthy. >> they always have a lot of energy. >> slightly. like, they don't need coffee or caffeine. >> "good morning amer

we were talking about times square.hat will and spot where there are a lot of folks who help keep it a little bit warmer. at 12:00 a.m. obviously the temperatures drop through the early morning hours. with at negative 2 degrees. if you are heading out to that, get into the middle of it. avoid the wind. also i would not be there. arthel: you trumped my question. you got there before i could do it. adam: i have to walk home through it tonight and dreading it. we'll have to fight our way through. arthel: be sure to tune in to fox news tomorrow night for a special live new year's eve programming from 8:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. that's eastern time. look at this photo. you have to watch these guise. ed henry, lisa boothe, actor tim kaine. they will have a special two-hour countdown to 2018. then kennedy and jesse watters are live from types square at 10:00 p.m. eastern. and there will be live music including performances by singer andy grammer and that's happening right here on the fox news channel. and you can also be a part of

we have 2 million people in times square.s going to feel like it's negative 5 degrees when the ball drops, really cold. the actual temperature right around 10. currently, new york city is 15, so it's not much warmer, and it's hard to find any warm spots on the map unless you head south towards florida or to the southwest. in fact, 160 million americans impacted in some way by dangerous windchill for today. the problem is, is that this isn't going anywhere. this cold air is here to stay. the mornings ahead for new year's day are going to be bitterly cold in the upper midwest, down through areas of the southern plains. we're going to be seeing very cold temperatures stretching all the way into the end of the week, so it's not exactly warming up as you look towards chicago. the morning temperature on thursday will feel like it's negative 6, and that's from a temperature on tuesday of 4, so the numbers are going down for many, even into this first week of 2018. we are also watching for a little bit of snow and some overcast condi

you can think of will be in that operation center that night. >> reporter: and back here live in times squareshould tell you all bags and umbrellas will be banned on new year's eve. coming out, just be patient. it'll take time getting in. they are really limiting the entrances here, dan, paula. >> be patient and dress warmly. gio, thank you. >> we want to move to president trump on his busy working vacation in florida talking to "the new york times" about the russia investigation saying it, quote, makes the country look bad and david wright has more for us. good morning to you, david. >> reporter: good morning, paula. the president is making headlines here with this impromptu interview with "the new york times." they caught up with him at the here in palm beach and he told them no fewer than 16 times that there was no collusion between his campaign and the russians and on the investigation itself he said, quote, it makes the country look bad, it makes the country look very bad and it puts the country in a very bad position. now, the president has been for the past few months now seeming to un

we're live from the ball drop in times square. >>> deal or no deal. ount. the best time to buy when it comes to those gym memberships, the new car and that vacation you've been dreaming about. >>> the research busting the myths about greasy food and pickle juice. the one key way to really beat a hangover. dr. ashton breaks it down. ♪ the power of love >>> and get ready for janu-arie, the brand-new bachelor is ready to find love. >> bon joranny, arie. what he's revealing this morning about his journey finding happily ever after and did he really fall in love with not one but two women? >> bachelor nation, i hope you're getting ready for one of the most romantic seasons in bachelor history because that's exactly what we have in store for you. >> the countdown to arie starts this morning. ♪ we built this city on rock 'n roll ♪ >> and mr. new year's eve himself ryan seacrest here live counting down to a rockin' eve in times square as he says -- >> good morning, america. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ say you don't know me or recognize my face ♪ >>> just keep pl

that's a check at what's happening here on one time square. ve, new year's day. we have flurries near cape may. let's go outside and check the forecast for you, it's looking brighter. we started the day with lots of cloud cover. overall cloudy skies sky6 live hd looking at the ben franklin bridge. cloudy and cold, 27 for the high. tomorrow, light snow showers, a coating to one to inches. 2018. one way to do it is get organized around the house. we have melissa garcia. welcome. >> thank you. >> don't people want to shed weight? i want to shed the junk around my house. >> i the truth is the average family has $1600 worth of clutter in their home and the best part is if you get rid of it you save 40% on cleaning. those are stats i'm in. >> if anybody has kids clean the house and five minutes later it's a disaster. before we move on to the kitchen let's start with the closet. what can we do. >> for the closet we only wear 20% of our clothing in the closet. if we're honest we can all agree. if you try to figure out what to get rid of, this is the ha

a, c, and e not moving through times square.t of is closed peer group boards they could have been a and they in a tunnel, potentially have one suspect in custody at we will continue following it. toid: it is way too soon know what is going on, but i am encouraged that there are no reports of any injuries. it is somewhat encouraging at this point, because you typically circuiting some one was so perhaps no injured, which would be wonderful news. alix: yes, indeed. dean curnutt and harm bandholz are here with us. in general, all hedges have been paid off, so what do you do? closed below 10 more times in a single year than we have ever seen before, but the bigger story is the motionlessness of the s&p. even a 10 or 11 vix, it is way too high for people who want to be defensive and express a little skepticism around risk management. carrying the hedges its next on possible, so what do you do? we have advocated for using spreads. an example on a trade we have been active in is in the vix out to december 20, the 13, 14 call spread for

this is not times square.ot where -- this is at the port authority, this is where that happened. >> correct. this happened at the port authority. it is an avenue way from times square. certainly, it's all connected underground in some way, shape, or form. >> in fact, do you have any reporting the that suggests that what tom fuentes was just saying may be in one of the underground passageways or tunnels, something like that? anything? >> i've been trying to get exactly where it happens, if it was even on a train or on a platform or in tunnel, you can see the scene stretches for several -- >> look, again, people get touchy with these types of analyze, tom, because it makes it seem like we're giving away information. but it's just not a secret that these massive hubs of transportation are huge targets of opportunity for bad guys. they always have been. underneath the port authority, the reason it could be confusing in the reporting, whether it's stwa times square or the port author is because they're all connecte

we take a live look in times square. bonnie, thank you. >>> still to come, is president trump reinventing the presidency? peter baker writes in today's "new york times" that mr. trump is creating precedence that may outlast his tenure. really? we'll explore that next. david. what's going on? oh hey! ♪ that's it? yeah. ♪ everybody two seconds! ♪ "dear sebastian, after careful consideration of your application, it is with great pleasure that we offer our congratulations on your acceptance..." through the tuition assistance program, every day mcdonald's helps more people go to college. it's part of our commitment to being america's best first job. ♪ >>> a new report is looking back at president trump's 2017 and the rippling effect he could have on the office of the presidency. "the new york times" report is titled for trump, a year of reinventing the presidency, and it makes a startling point, saying quote, he is making the presidency more authentic or more autocratic depending on your vantage point. either way, it may neve

bryan llenas is in times square. bryan, new york city has seen a couple of terror attacks this year. what is the police department doing to get ready for this one? >> hi, john. the nypd commissioner and the mayor, bill de blasio are speaking right now updating people on security. they expect to be one of the safest places in the world if not the safest place to enjoy new year's eve. he said this year will have extraordinary security, more than in recent years. take a listen to the commissioner. >> no direct credible threats to new york city, times square or our new year's eve events generally. you'll see a stronger police presence than we've seen in recent years. >> that strong police presence is going to look like this. people are going to be able to start coming in here come mid afternoon. they'll start closing down roads and adding concrete barriers. they'll use the sand trucks to prevent vehicular attacks starting at 11:00 a.m. the commissioner says they can start seeing people in here seems like earlier and earl

that explosion went off just blocks from a busy times square. and it set off panic as you can imagine inside an underground passageway in the subway system. police say the suspect had a pipe bomb strapped to his body when it went off. that explosion temporarily shut down one of the nation's largest transportation hubs and brought the streets above to a standstill. this is "outnumbered." i'm harris faulkner. few today, the host of kennedy on fox business network, kennedy. and fox news contributor lisa boothe. former national security advisor under presidents bush and obama gillian turner. and "outnumbered" today, former press secretary under president george w. bush, ari fleischer is here. i'm glad you're here. a lot of good news, bad news, hard news. >> ari: typical day. >> harris: we will work through it. the mayor of new york city is calling today's explosion and attempted terror attack. here's a picture of the alleged bomber. the image was released by the nypd. he's reportedly 27 years old, was curing a crude pipe bomb. he apparently was batt

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that everything remains safe for some residents the celebrations have already started with the times square tradition that encourages people to leave unwanted memories behind as the new year beckons. these people in new york are ready for a fresh start it is good riddance day and passers by on times square are invited to shred their bad memories of twenty seventeen some serious. it rest. it as well. i want to get rid of it some not so. today is a small farewell to twenty seventeen here on times square it is said to host hundreds of thousands of revelers in two days for new year's celebrations the security alert is high but authorities aren't warning of any specific threats. terrorists regard new york as the exact kind of place they want to disrupt and new yorkers respond consistently with strength and resiliency we saw after the two attacks in the fall concrete blocks and sand trucks have been put up to stop vehicles from speeding into crowds visitors to times square it will have to pass through a number of checkpoints along the way and snipers on top of buildings will be assigned to the el

from this corner to times square underneath.f you have taken the subway, you know the passageway i'm talking about. hold on, in the back. >> reporter: a subway system of this size, with 24-hour surveillance, you have it all covered. how could he possibly -- >> the question is, the size of the subway, how can you have the system covered? there are 6 million people who ride the train every day. everybody needs to have their eyes open and pay attention. if you see something that makes you uncomfortable, make the phone call or talk to a cop. give us a chance to investigate. in the back. [ inaudible ] the question is, was it intentional where he detonated the explosive device? we don't know that yet. right here, miles. >> reporter: commissioner, i understand that -- [ inaudible ] >> the question is, are we at different locations in brooklyn? i'm not going into this right now. this is part of what we do. we are investigating his background to see the addresses he has and fully investigate where he lives. all right, listen, we're going

the most secure in times square ever. there's parking garages, more shut down than ever before in an around times square. there will be extra scrutiny on car rental and truck rental businesses an around the city in an effort to prevent someone renting a truck and launching a vehicular attack. and there will be vapor wake dogs to sniff out bombs. and we spoke to new year'see organizers and this is what they had to say. they're confident about it being safe. >> nypd has a thorough system. times square is one of the most safest places in the world. at every corner, there's a settle of barriers, checkpoints. you're not allowed to bring in bags. really thorough and really experienced with this kind of situation. >> those two terrorists that launched the two attacks the last two months in the city were isis sympathizers and isis released a video monday encouraging people to attack drunk revellers in the united states. of course, security is on everyone's mind. nypd has it under control as they always do. trish? >> bryan, thanks

bryan llenas is in times square. rick? >> yes, it's cold. can't imagine outside if it's 40 degrees. if you're standing a while, it's not good. if it's in the teens, the actual air temperature, it will be very

tons dropped from the buildings in times square, a spectacular event. new york city, nypd saying this will be a secure event. encourage people to come out but to stay warm, it's going to be frigid out there. adam: going to be cold. i think you would agree living in new york city, it's like riding the 6 train on any weekday, a few of your best friends. reporter: you are right. adam: bryan, thankful to have you there. you are out in the cold, we're warm in studio. all the best to and you a happy new year. >>> for more on other cities preparing for the new year's celebration, joined by the co-founder of diligence, private intelligence and security firm and former cia operative mike baker. new york city planning tightest new year's eve security after the deadly attacks that have taken place, but isis is promising to kill people who are inebriated. is the united states, is new york city, are we taking the threats seriously enough? >> not just new york, but as the report just mentioned, all around the country and all around the world for these massive celebra

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reports of an explosion in times square. the nypd is responding to reports of an explosion of unknown origin at 42nd street and 8th avenue in manhattan. some of the subway lines in new york city being evacuated right now and not running. so this is very new information. i'm going to be tracking, finding out more information here at the live desk. as soon as we have better details, i will pass those along, so stay tuned for that. reggie and natasha, back to you. >>> a word of warning from a nobel prize winner from the u.s., why he believes the future of scientific discovery is at stake. >>> a chance to meet the oakland raiders and get their autographs. all takes is a good deed. first this morning's "tech bytes." >>> in today's "tech bytes" today is green monday. it's not nearly as popular as cyber monday there are lots of new online sales and deals. >> amazon, target, walmart and ebay offering discounts on tech gadgets. tvs and speakers are up to 60% off. >>> in case you missed it facebook appears to have axed one of its olde

obviously going to be huge crowds here in new york city and times square. when that ball drops, may be a good idea to be in the middle of that, avoid some of the wind. temperatures will be right around 10 or 11 degrees, right at the second coldest new year's eve ball drop we have ever seen. windchill at negative 2 degrees. unfortunately, if you were thinking it was going to warm up, that isn't going to be the case. forecasted highs on new year's day looking at only there into the teens. this isn't the windchill. these are actually numbers. it stays cold on tuesday. it stays cold on wednesday. unfortunately, we have this arctic air that's plummeting -- plummeting down into north america. i'm running you to january 3rd and january 9th. you continue to see the active pattern. molly, it is going to be cold. a cold start to the new year. >> absolutely. it looks brutal out there. everybody needs to bundle up. thanks for the warning, adam. >>> from smaller communities to bigger cities across the nation, authorities are making security preparations for the crowds t

new york city stationing police all over times square. the unprecedented security plan in-place.>>> we are getting ready for the weekend. we will talk about how nice it will be in the rain that is coming.>>> >>> for those who plan to brave the cold to ring in 2018 in times square you can expect extra security. new york police are stepping up presents following a year of deadly attacks.>> reporter: new year's eve organizes test drop confetti as preparations continue for the famous ball drop in times square. as preparations are underway for the biggest new year's eve celebration one thing on everyone's mind is the weather. the weather service forecast will be 10 degrees sunday night. it windchill below zero making it the second coldest new year's eve in new york city history. >> hopefully they will put warming stations up.>> you will be packed in the was so many people.. packed in with so many people. >> reporter: the police department is taking extra security measures this year to protect times square following two terror attacks.. you wil

a million folks expected to pack into times square to celebrate tonight. >> that's right.bc's chris palone tells us how those spectators will be greeted with the cold and also unprecedented security. >> four, three, two, one, happy new year! >> the world's most famous crystal ball tested and ready to go. thousands of balloons inflated. the countdown to 2018 is in its final stages. >> come on in. make a cowboy sandwich. >> reporter: tourists have descended on midtown manhattan. >> it's the magic. it's the big city. it's the lights, the excitement, the crowds that we love. >> reporter: undeterred by bone-chilling cold. >> i have on layers. i learned -- i did a lot of research aboif and two pairs of leggings on. >> reporter: police say recent terror attacks in new york and around the world helped guide their latest security plan. >> this is going to be one of the most well-policed, best protected events and one of the safest venues in the entire world. >> reporter: thousands of officers will be on the streets, uniform, plain clothes and heavily armed anti-terrorism units usin