tonight. this year tens of thousands will be here to celebrate and there s even more variables at play. stephanie gosk is in times square. happy new year. happy new year s eve to you. i don t know if you can tell from the warmth of your studio chair, but it is very very cold here in times square. that s not going to stop people from pouring in. it s amazing every year times square goes through this amazing transformation. in this short period of time this crossroads in manhattan becomes this massive international party. you know it s interesting to be on the ground here. it s really this global melting pot, a kind of babal tower. everyone is from all over the world. now, on hand tonight and over the course of the next few hours, fktof course, will be thousands of extra police officers on duty to make sure this goes off smoothly and securely. there will be counterterrorism units, bomb squad, bomb-sniffing dogs and rooftop patrols.