big cement blocks, and we ll have the sand trucks out. reporter: these trucks are also filled with 15 tons of sand. the point is, they re meant to be unmovable to protect this crowd. in terms of security, we re talking about 7,000 police officers, plain clothes as well, counterterrorism units, the crc teams, the critical response command units that were created in the wake of the paris attacks. they are on the ready 24 hours a day to respond to any situation. police dogs, boats, helicopters, you name it, that s all here to protect the 2 million-plus people that will be watching the paul drop in the heart of new york city. and again, i ve got to tell you, it s about 30-something degrees here, and people will be standing for about 12 hours, no alcohol, no big bags, no umbrellas allowed. all of these people will be checked at least twice by police officers as they sit and watch 60 seconds of wonder. by the way, no bathrooms. no bathrooms.
of boston, but there could be eight to ten inches of snow in boston where we re hearing that the flurries have already started to land. massachusetts emergency management agency is preparing for a big storm. they have warned the utilities and the airports, the department of transportation is already preparing there for a big clean-up tomorrow morning. now, on the roads here, we re on interstate 84. we have seen some plows going by already. we ve seen the sand trucks out and the salt trucks out. they re going to try to minimize the mess before this storm here really takes hold. again, these are tough conditions. if you are, you know, getting used to the snow for the first time. we ve seen two cars off on the side of the road. we re going slowly. this is a 65-mile-per-hour road. we re going 40 right now. this will be a longer trip to boston, but we certainly aren t trying to race there. we are just hoping to make it before the bulk of the snow starts to come in in boston between 6:00 and