more, that have been called in to handle security, and i don t know if you can see up 7th avenue, they will fill this all the way up 7th avenue to central park, and the weather is fantastic, so, we do expect big crowds out here tonight. and, in addition to the police officers that you see, many more you cannot see, and, also, they are sealing manhole covers and mailboxes and chemical and biological and radiation detectors, and bomb sniffing dogs, and they have helicopters in the sky, and boats on the rivers to make sure that nothing happens, and they have been on high alert since 9/11 but the commissioner has assured us and does each year this is be as safe a new year as you could possibly have. trace: they always make a big deal out of the ball that drops at midnight. reporter: the ball is bigger and beggar than ever. we will show you the poll