A Million People packed into times square. Now less than an hour away from ringing in the new year. Its a once in a lifetime chance. I mean, to see the ball drop in new york . I love it. I cant wait. Tonight, all eyes on our citys safety, with security the tightest this celebration has ever seen. This is where the world celebrates the new year. Good evening, and happy new year. Im dana tyler. Maurice and christine have the night off. Live pictures from times square, as we enter the final hour of 2015. There have been outside for close to 20 hours to get the best spots tonight, as they wait for the countdown to 2016. Cbs 2s Brian Conybeare is in the middle of it all, joining us live with the excitement certainly building in times square, brian. Reporter yes it is dana. Theyve handed out some festive purple hats. Now festive purple balloons with streamers on it as well. To the estimated 1 million strong crowd here. Some of them, as you have mentioned have been waiting hours and hours. But the magic moment is almost here. Whoo reporter the crowd is getting more and more excited as midnight draws closer, and for some, its been a very long wait. This young man from argentina, arrived before most people have breakfast. Why did you come out at 6 30 a. M. . Because its been my all time dream to be here on new years eve. Here . Since about 10 00 this morning. Pretty much. Has it been worth it . Yeah, so far, definitely. Yes. Its my first year. Its been worth it. Ive been here since 8 00 a. M. Too, but its cold, but its worth it hopefully at the end. Reporter amid all the tourists from around the country and around the world, we found some new york city natives enjoying it too. William stanford jr. Of the bronx got as close to the stage as he could, like he has for more than 20 years for one simple reason. I met several celebrities. Dick clark, cindy lauber, regis phelbin. This is an awesome experience. Experience isnt over yet, with the countdown to 2016 now under an hour. And yes, the 12,000pound crystal ball is in position atop one times square, ready for the final countdown to 2016. It has nearly 2700 water ford crystal triangles on it, and 32,000 l. E. D. Lights. Certainly all eyes will be on that crystal ball as the clock ticks down toward midnight here in times square. It has been a lively, and festive night, and it is not over just yet. Reporting live from times square, Brian Conybeare, cbs 2 news. So nice to see everybody have a great time. Thank you, brian. A mild finish to this year weather wise. It looks like 2016 is going to start a little bit colder. More on your new years forecast. Its going to be colder, but we just finished the warmest december in our history. Right now, outside, youre dealing with 42 degrees, or a few breaks in the clouds ahead. Whats going on here with my voice . A few breaks will start to be sort of more prevalent as you get into the overnight hours. This is what it looks like on your vortex satellite radar. You will definitely have some cloud cover out there throughout the festivities. Right now, 42 degrees by midnight. 40degrees, for a chilly ball drop. By 2 00 a. M. , 37 degrees, as youre making the walk home. The extend the forecast will show you if a colder week lies ahead, or if well be going up and down. Fire upstaged fireworks tonight at celebrations. Cbs 2s dick brennan has more. Reporter massive flames rise luxury hotel and Apartment Building in dubai. Fire alarms sent People Racing to the exits. People started to panic. Jumping over railings. I couldnt believe how fast it actually happened. Reporter one person died of evacuation. 15 others were injured, but so many people were able to make it out safely with many guests helping each other. There will be people running to the corridors. I had somebody on my back, he was in a wheelchair, and carried him down to the ground floor. Reporter witnesses say they were amazed how quickly the fire spread. At first we thought it was a small fire they could contain it. Then it quickly escalated. Reporter the 63 story address hotel and condominium is located near the worlds tallest skyscraper, where tens of thousands gathered for the new year. Its absolutely surreal. Floor, and ive spent new years eve at the address. Its really the place to be on a night like this. Reporter the sprinklers in the building were working. The cause was fire is still not known. Dick brennan, cbs 2 news. Fresh fears of terror tonight in germany. Police in munich warned people to stay away from two city stations, after uncovering a serious threat by isis to pull off an attack tonight. The attack reportedly involved suicide bombers, but so far there have been no arrests. The tore attack last month in paris forced new years eve celebrations to be scaled back there tonight. Instead of fireworks, there was a five minute video performance at the arc de triumph. Fireworks in rochester, new york, were canceled tonight after the arrest of a terror suspect. 25yearold Emmanuel Lutchman was taken into custody. Rochester bar, and was arrested after buying knives and a machete. He is a muslim convert who wanted to join isis. New tonight at 11 00, Police Say Two teenagers responsible for a violent attack and robbery in brooklyn have been arrested. Cameras caught the whole thing in midwood. You can see the suspects punching, and kicking a person. Thats a 60yearold man. Police say they then stole the mans wallet and cell phone. Police say the suspects are a 17yearold, and a 19yearold from brooklyn. Remembering a hero tonight. A wake was held on long island for a new york service member, killed in afghanistan recently. The body of Staff SergeantLouis Bonacasa arrived in westhampton, where he once served. His commander escorted them to a tribute. Gauntlet that faithful day in afghanistan, and lewis refused to compromise the safety of his warriors, nor the future safety of his wife and his daughter. That, people, is heroism incarnant. The viewing continues tomorrow in miller place. He will be buried saturday at the Calverton National cemetery. Now Election Year arrives, but 2015 ends in turmoil for ben carson. The president ial Candidates Campaign manager resigned today. One now questioning carsons readiness for the white house. Labeling him a script reader. Carson briefly led some republican polls this fall. The state department has just classified portions of clintons tenure as secretary of state. 5500 pages of clinten emails were released today. Two of those communications have been designated secret. The second highest level of classification. The democratic president ial front runner has come underfire for using a personal email account that was stored on a private server at her home. Still ahead this new years eve. Tonight at 11 00, bill cosbys first comments. What hes saying on social media after being charged with Sexual Assault. Plus i realize its something so small, but it meant so much to me. The mom of a 9yearold had something to say to a Flight Attendant, and now its going viral. And whats in your wine . What you see on the bottle could be misleading. And another live look at times square, as we celebrate new years eve, and its not too late to rethink those resolutionsment how to make thats all next. Kids dont stay little forever. So help them get the opportunity they need. Its never too early or too late to save for college. You can open a ny 529 account with just 25. And you may get tax benefits if you pay income tax in new york state. Someday youll look back and be glad you got started. Nys 529 College Savings program. New years eve celebrations around the world. London rang in an impressive fireworks display over big ben and the london eye. An estimated 1 Million People packed in to watch the ball drop. Thats just about 46 minutes away. New developments tonight in the bill cosby case. The comedian making his first comments since being charged in the form of a tweet. Its brief. He says friends and fans, thank you. Yesterday, cosby was arrested, and arraigned on a Sexual Assault charge. The 78yearold comedian is accused of drugging and sexually assaulting a former Temple University employee, Andrea Constand in 2004. Bill cosby is free on bail. A freeport, long island couple is praising the efforts of a Southwest AirlinesFlight Attendant. Heather and danny gooch were flying back when this little aiden just didnt want to stay still, and the parents started to panic. But this Flight Attendant took the child and calmed him down. I realize, its something so small, but it meant so much to me. It was a moment of peace. We had time to enjoy our lunch. Have a little quiet time, and we enjoyed watching him go up and down the aisle, saying hi to everybody. After returning home, the parents posted a message on facebook, thanking Anissa Charles for her kindless. That picture has been shared all over social media. A Staten Island couple turns to social media to find the owner of a lost wedding ring. She bought this pair of jeans for her husband. When he tried them on, he discovered a wedding ring inside the pocket. She has a theory on how the owner lost the ring. Maybe when they reached into the pocket the pockets are a pulled his hand out, the ring got left behind. So she posted a picture of the ring, which has a date inscribed on the inside on social media in hopes of finding the owner. A new study today uncorks the truth about wine. Turns out 60 of wine has a higher alcohol content than whats actually listed on the bottle. Its no mistake. Taxes are less if the alcohol listed is under 14 . Bottles from chile and spain are most likely to underestimate their content. Are you looking for ideas, or advice to succeed . Heres cbs 2s mark morgan. Im a cigarette smoker, and its very addictive, and ive been saying im going to quit for years. I just know its going to be hard this year. Reporter its that time, and we all have new years resolutions we would love to keep. You just never hit those goals, or you never like, are living up to them week by week, so then you just fall on your butt, and its not worth it. According to one expert, you should not use the words no, or never in resolutions, and narrow it down. The typical resolution is much too broad to be obtained. If you say you want to lose weight, which is okay, everybody wants to, set a very specific goal. I am going to eat healthier, and weigh 5 pounds less. See that is a little different than saying im going to lose weight. We asked several revelers which resolutions they did not want to commit to. Definitely going to the gym every day. I would love to sit hear and say i would do it every day. I probably will not join a gym. Will i rest on my laurels until its almost too late, then maybe join a gym. I know that im not going to i know that im not even going to try to not do that. Reporter make your resolution, positive, clear, and achievable. Definitely not lose weight. Happy new year. Reporter good luck with those resolutions. Mark morgan, cbs 2 news. Now your forecast with lonnie quinn, who is working on the voice a little bit. I have no idea what was going on. All of a sudden during that first weather. You can do it. It will be fine. Go out like a champ. You and i recorded some promos ten minutes before, and i was fine. I dont know, i swallowed a frog. Checking all around the area. The temperatures are basically in the lower 40s, and upper 30s. The coldest reading i could find anywhere. This is coming to you from mark angeline. Heres clouds from pleasant valley. Youre telling us, you want a happy and blessed new year. The picture in new york city, its a live one. Looking into times square. So daisy, help me out here. Purple is the color of the new years, is that how it works . Yes. Shes nodding her head. Its all about the color purple, and its in force out there right now. Very cool look. Everybody is waiting for the big countdown. Its getting closer. Here you see the Empire State Building lit up. The temperatures incumbenting in at 42 degrees, as we get ready to say goodbye to 2015, and say nell e. Hello. Come on in here, 2016. Can i just say from all of us, to all of you, i hope 2016 is the best year yet for all of us. 42 right now. Takek a peek at how my headlines are stacking up. It will be a chilly first week of the new year. Overall, still talking about temperatures above average. You look back at december. Every single day this december was above average. We have set a record now for the warmest december ever. But we didnt just squeak a record out. Look at this. 2001 had been in first place. Theyre all like lumped together within a degree or so. Now you get this year, were 7 degrees warmer than the second place. Just unheard of warmth for this time of the year. What happens when the first days of january. Friday, youre 45. Saturday, youre 42. Sunday, 43. Monday, get a little bit more of sort of a northly breeze coming in. So the temperatures actually drop down to the first time im forecasting below average temperatures since november 30. Well be 38 on monday. 37 on tuesday. Normal high this time of the year about 37 to 38 degrees. Januarys forecast overall, if youre wondering if the bars will continue to drop down, heres how i see it. Its obviously going to be colder than december. Were not going to be way up there again, but its not going there will certainly be cold snaps, but not weeks of brutal cold. Maybe a week of cold air, and a couple of mild weeks again. Ive got clouds out there. The forecast comes together, looking like this. 45 for friday. I still have clouds out there, but youll see peaks of sunshine as well. 42 saturday, 43 sunday. Monday, 38. Wednesday, youre back to mid 40s at 44. Thursday 46. Otherwise, more seasonal temps. This warmer weather not helping the ski areas. Its really hurting them this season. Ski lifts are empty. The slopes are bare. Most of them, 70 resorts across the northeast are closed. Many owners say they have never been hit this bad before. But theyre hoping to turn the season around. As you just said lonnie. The cold temperatures are supposed to start arriving tonight. Help in snow making. Mark morgan in for Otis Livingston for whats ahead in sports. The good, the bad, and the ugly. All ahead in our year in wrap up. Ringing in 2016 around the world. Here, a look at the celebration tonight in rio de janeiro. Well be right back. Thinking about the biggest sports story of the year. Do you guys have a favorite . Id go the mets. Horse. As we officially call american pharoah. Ill remember that. I thought you played a horse game in the parking lot or something. As we said, i think, it was a year full of individual milestones, crushing defeats, a little bit of everything. Perhaps the biggest surprise, as lonnie said, the mets surprises run to the world series. Otis livingston with a look back at 2015. Reporter the general manager and head coach ushering in a new era of jets football. There it goes, see ya home run number 661. Next time you see darren williams, he wont be wearing a brooklyn uniform. Two nights ago, he thought he was traded. His teammates could not be more joyous. The drought is over, the u. S. Wins the 2015 womens world cup. Thank you guys so much we love you new york city head to the eastern conference final [ music ] see ya he did it in style. He joins the 3,000 hit club with a home run the newest member of monument park. Melvin leon stoudemire sr. Welcome to Andy Pettitte day. This is absolutely amazing. Having number 20 retired is to be honored in such a way, its extra dreams are made of. What a catch, Odell Beckham jr. American pharoah has won the triple crown the islanders played their final regular season game at Veterans Memorial coliseum. Score tavares. Theres a new sheriff in brooklyn. Its the new york islanders. The New York Knicks select kristaps porzingis. As the crowd starts to chant for kristaps porzingis. I really cant explain it. Try to explain this. How the mets playoff hero joins the nationals. Huge disappointment again. And a strike 3 called the mets win the pennant the jets have won it in overtime all right and the jets still alive. For much of the College Football season, clemson ranked number 1, but some doubted the tigers. Tonight, clemson had a chance to make good on the top spot. Uswi ayr reen fi gesou40ba,d l e emm vi chne f aea gonner llowr isre oer