Green. People welcomed in 2018 with parties, fireworks, and in lots of cases layers of clothing. It was freezing across the country. In las vegas there was a spectacular Fireworks Show over the strip. Several casinos took part in the coordinated show that lit up the night sky. Overseas thousands gathered to watch the fireworks display in the belgian capital of brussels. Here in new york city there were millions watching the ball drop at times square. Wendy gillette has that story. Reporter a massive crowd raised a bonechilling ball to say hello to 2018. By the time the ball dropped, the temperature had fallen to just 10 degrees. Not since 1917 had new york rung in the new year in such frigid conditions. Bucket list. Definitely. We always watch it on tv. We figured, why not. I think we picked the wrong year. Its super cold. Reporter security was tight, roads were closed, bags were searched, and extra police were deployed to keep the crowds safe. Undercover officers and snipers surrounds
Mountain time zone. Same scenario. Colder to the north. Above average to the south. Ringing in the new year in the pacific. Temperatures are warm. Rob, thank you very much. President trump will spend new years eve at his resort at mar a lago, he tweeted to day, what a year its been. And were any just getting started. He also wished everyone a happy new year. Chip reid is with the president. Reporter to say President Trump loves the game of golf, would be an understatement. With todays trip to the Trump International golf club he has been there eight of nine dates only exception, christmas, despite his past Harsh Criticism of president obama for golfing too much. Obama ought to get off the golf course. Mr. Trump visited golf courses more than 90 times as the president. At the same point in his presidency, mr. Obama had played fewer than 30 times. But the president also appears to be closely following the news including the mass protests in iran against its leaders. In a tweet, the presi
Parties, fireworks, and in lots of cases, layers of clothing. It was freezing across the country. In las vegas there was a spectacular Fireworks Show over the strip. Several casinos took part in the coordinated show that lit up the night sky. And overseas thousands gathered to watch the fireworks display in the belgian capital of brussels. Here in new york city there were millions watching the ball drop at times square. There was unprecedented security and near record cold. Wendy gillette has that story. Reporter a massive crowd raised a bonechilling cold to say hello in times square to 2018. By the time the ball dopped, the temperature had fallen to just 10 degrees. Not since 1917 had new york rung in the new year in such frigid conditions. Bucket list. Definitely. We always watch it on tv. So we figured, why not. I think we picked the wrong year. Its super cold. Reporter security was tight, roads were closed, bags were searched, and extra police were deployed to keep the crowds. Unde
Tony dokoupil has a look at what it took to keep the celebrations safe. With roof stop snipers, bomb sniffing dogs, and thousands of officers, the nypd is hoping for a safe start to 2018. Jon miller its nypd Deputy Commissioner in charge of counterterrorism. The idea is to have enough of a visual deterrent so people look at this and say a hard target. New york security planned for a million expected revellers includes radiation scanners and bag checks. Plus multiton trucks and concrete barriers to guard against a vehicle style attack. But this year there its also a special focus on aerial security. With officers inside about two dozen nearby hotels ready to combat a sniperstyle assault like the one scene in las vegas in october. What you are looking for is to is to do what people expect but also, do what your adversary might not expect. Reporter other big cities are also on high alert. Chicago police say theyreized focus on vehicle style attacks. Miami will conduct random security chec
Mean . I still think im in my 20 s. Traffic wise, a lot going on, not a lot going on, as would you imagine at 4 31 in the morning. The temperatures are colds, definately not a joke. We start it off with a quick check on storm scan, totally empty yet again, see completely clear skies out there this morning, but it is cold again. So lets take a look at the numbers watch it currently feels like. Pretty harsh. Is it as harsh as yesterday . At least mount pocono it is, for most every you, no, at least a little less harsh for you, but when youre still talking at least into these lower single digit or at most it should say some of you are at least in positive territory , it is still really harsh outside. The windchill advisories we had in place, those are gone, but still again harsh to be outside for very long, a lot worse still in the northern high planes, technically in the teens, from the airport, out to Atlantic City. But, today is another day at least going to feature some sunshine. But