the police officers themselves have been out here since 9:00 a.m. and we know that the red cross has been out here specifically to give out hot coffee and hot chocolate to officers. and man oh man do they deserve it. not only are they here until midnight. they are here for the cleanup afterwards as well. the nypd has thought about everything as we can expect. fbi, atf, all here. it is impossible really to get out once you re in. and once you re in a pen if you leave, you re done. a lot of the folks who are here, even if they have to go to the bathroom, even if they re freezing, they re holding out as much as they can. the last thing they want to do is leave the secure pen. once they leave the pen, it s all over. police officers are doing their best to keep us safe. i feel safe. people here feel safe and we want to thank them. they could be with their families right now but instead they re out here to keep people like me and jesse and kennedy safe and we can t thank them
jesse: welcome back everybody. in less than two hours confetti is going to rain down on times square. and we did a test run. check this out. hello, times square. please welcome the cohost of fox news channel all american new year, kennedy and jesse watters. jesse: how are you doing? welcome back. welcome to the cold. looking gorgeous k, kennedy. kennedy: thank you for having us here. a beautiful crowd. the only place to be on the planet earth. we have an awesome tradition here. people come in and write their wishes for 2018 on actual pieces of confetti. jesse: so beautiful. let s read some. let s do it.
is town here on times square. not even the hand warmers are working. they re being thrown on the floor. but it doesn t stop people from having a good time. let s go! come on! so we found some talent. we found some talent here. we have two contestants. tell us your name. my name is 0ly cooke from aweaustralia. my name is rebecca from mariana, florida. oli. rebecca. richard: rebecca s son. they re going to sing their favorite song and then we re going to have jesse and kennedy pick the winner. we ll start with ladies first. why not. go ahead. give us your best 30 seconds, love. i m singing why don t you and
enough, guys. jesse: all right. send some of that hot chocolate back up here. we could use it. not only do they have the people in uniform, they have the plain clothes officers too. so if you try anything funny, think about it. there could be a regular guy to take you downtown. kennedy: we talked about the terror attacks we ve seen in new york city but also the incident in las vegas deals the way that law enforcement deals with crowd control. you have a lot more snipers and spotters who are not only here in times square but also along the perimeter and the streets and avenues that run counter to this part of the world. jesse: i think it s like a 12-block radius. very safe. people are starting to get fired up. kennedy: come on down. jesse: if you re crazy. coming up, richard fowler puts the times square partieser to pe
test as we continue to count down to 2018. kennedy: stay right here. all right i m doing a confession 2018 instead of a resolution. last year i winged it own everything, including my eye liner. this year i ve got a plan.