everyone back home. you can see the crowd already behind me. folks have been on here 1 o'clock, 12 o'clock in the afternoon. of course, we can see the security. nothing but nypd up and down. look it to my right. this is a sanitation truck. one of dozens of sanitation trucks creating a perimeter around times square to prevent a vehicular sort of style attack. some provisions they had taken here in times square to protect this amazing event. there are over a million people here. not only have a added being sanitation trucks but also take a look at the buildings up here. right? over a million people braving the cold and -- >> brian has been out there braving the cold for several days. bring us all up to date about the security that will be keeping everyone safe in times square. and we have him back! >> all right, sorry about that. we have the hotel appear and we have got officers in the