threat out here. again, there is no credible threat against times square or new york city itself, all of these are precautions, they'll have 100 blocker vehicles, also 7,000 police officers stationed throughout the city. including 550 new graduates from the police academy. in addition 65 pens are set up like this one and they will be filled to capacity, expecting upwards of 3,000 people in each of these pens. i talked to some of those hearty people who have been waiting out here already for hours. >> we all live together at usf and so we planned this trip out a year ago and so we're really excited. we've been looking forward to the ball drop since last new year's. >> i'm looking forward to watching the ball drop with five of my really good friends. >> reporter: already the pens have begun to fill up. the people trickling in throughout the day and waiting for that ball drop at midnight.