2015, the view from news copter 7, wall to wall people shoulder to shoulder for hours as they celebrate more security than ever before. police, tonight, taking no chances. >> we have 2 reports, eyewitness news reporter darla miles is in times square for us. >> reporter: well, bill, look at the sea of purple balloons, all the people out here all day long getting ready to ring in the new year, and i am going to tell you, this is the day to be out here in times square to ring in the new year, most people are usually at home, like me, i am normally at home with uncle phil, sandy, and the family, with the weather so great, everybody is out here, smiling, laughing, and grooving into the new year. some people take the party with them wherever they go. >> having a great time! it is a grand time. >> happy new year! 2015, happy new year! >> others may need a little help. >> kind of tired but we are okay. >> >> reporter: girl, you gotta wake up. running in place or jumping jacks to stay awake. >> i have been here all day, i am good. >> these guys are not fun, looks like they are asleep. you should be partying. wake up! it has been a long day cooped up waiting for the ball to drop and to normally introduce 2016. your leg is asleep? why don't you take a break? >> i am so short i can't see. >> this is perfect weather, my gosh! can't blame the ice, it is not even cold. >> too cold! too cold! >> i bump under to vanilla ice who was making his way on stage. do you need like a back-up dancer? or beat box or something? >> show me what you got. >> gotta dance, show me what you got. shake a little. shake a little. there it is. there it is. right here. see? little move. that is all it takes. >> and then there are those who couldn't hold in the new york anthem until midnight. >> lets hear it for new york! >> reporter: the next hour this is my family, we are ringing in 2016, let me show you one last look at the ball, an hour before it drops, before the ball drops and before we ring in the new year, again, it is a warm night, everybody is having fun and no one is thinking about their safety, just thinking about having a great time. reporting live in times skwarl, darla miles-- square, darla miles. >> too bad you didn't have fun. new york calling this the safest place to be, as tim fleischer ways to observe and patrol by police, he is spending this new year's eve with the nypd in midtown. >> reporter: bill, 6,000 officers, nypd's man power on this night is very, very strong and more ready at staging areas like this one. tonight eyewitness news got a television exclusive, a look at several operations we don't normally see. >> you might hear the nypd's aviation unit and even camp a glimpse hovering over a million rel-loves but eyewitness news-- revelers but eyewitness news saw how they will handle it. officer charles is the tactical flight officer planning the overhead patrol. >> patrolling different boroughs. >> they will pay close attention to sensitive sights like the george washington bridge like staten island. they have a greater perspective. place, anything that doesn't belong. >> they also will fly the better part of the night, they are patrolling over times square allows them a tactical advantage in the event of trouble. one unit you will not see are the officers with emergency services, they keep an eye above the crowd and don't disclose their location, yet their work is highly critical. using been occulars they are able-- binoculars they are able to see portions of the crowd and can pinpoint individuals who may be suspicious and call in heavily armed members of the critical response command. throughout times square as the excitement builds, officers are able to move freely among them gaining unseen intelligence. the new addition this year is the bear cat, an antiterrorist tool with protection against a shooter. numerous heavily armed hercules uniterize moving constantly about-- units are moving constantly throughout the city. safe. >> later in had evening there over manhattan. >> reporter: having walked through times square among all the many, many officers and the many revelers, i have to tell you, i don't think i have ever in. reporting live in midtown, tim fleischer, channel 7, eyewitness news. no rain, no snow, no extreme cold, a perfect evening for the million delirious revelers in times square. amy freeze in, great start to 2016. >> certainly looks that way. we are closing out december 2015 as the warmest december on record, and appropriately so when the ball drops temperatures well above average for this time of year, right now looking at a beautiful shot down where you can see world trade and empire state building. glistening and glowing. are in the upper 30s, north and west of the city, only one spot of freezing mark, monticello, everybody else looking good. clouds clear midnight, we should see more parts of the sky clearing up. we will call it patchy clouds and 41 to bring in the new year. coming up, the calendar flips to january and it will feel like it. details on the number in the 7-day forecast. >> we will see you in a few minutes. times square not the only place holding a big party, what a fiesta at coney island, laser lights and fireworks will go off at midnight there. families enjoying free rights on the carousel. to london where skies were lit up as big ben and the houses of parliament's clock tower chimed in the new year, brits instead of the eiffel tower lining up, trib ute was paid to the victims of the terror attacks, thousands marched down and watched a projected video performance to bring in the new year. to revelers in rio where it is summer, the crowd wears white to symbolize new beginnings for a new year. a big celebration in times square means one thing, an even bigger clean up. 178 workers will use 26 mechanical sweepers, 25 collection trucks, 38 blowers and 40 hand brooms and equipment to clean the area. last year they hauled away more than 48 tons of debris. the celebration is still going on at abc 7 ny, you can see a slideshow of new year's eve celebrations and send us your other news of the night, in germany tonight they are claiming officials there isis was behind a terror threat that forced the evacuation of train stations in munich. police warning residents to stay away from the city's main strain station and a second station-- train station and a second station because of a threat of isis bombers. thousands took in the midnight fireworks show despite the threat. no fireworks in rochester where an alleged plot was thwarted. a 25-year-old was busted in an operation, he was talking about an attack on a restaurant as an isis sympathizer, black ski masks, zip ties, mashedey, duct tape, and gloves. >> these individuals can be anywhere and will try to hurt people nearby. we have to figure out the best internet as the isis persuades these disaffected individuals to try and do these dastardly acts. >> governor cuomo-- no interruptions in dubai despite a hotel fire, it broke out 2 hours before midnight. starting on the 20th floor the flames quickly climeed up the 63' story tower, the tallest building is blocks away where the fireworks display shot off on schedule. >> bizarre, surreal scene there. as we continue, tragedy striking a family from the hudson valley on a mountain road, a big rig, suv colliding on the ice. bill cosby, opening up to his fans tonight, but he doesn't really say much . empire state building, putting on some dazzling display new at 11:00, heart break for 2 families on this new year's eve, a couple from west chester county died in a car crash in vermont. a tractor trailer slammed into their suv on an icy highway, they lived in hastings, a friend with them also died. the 3 children were hurt but survived. a message from bill causey, a day after his arrest on charges of sexual assault. saying friends and fans, thank you. free on $1 million bond, prosecutors say he drugged and assaulted a woman, camille cosby trying to avoid a deposition in a lawsuit against her husband by 7 alleged rape victims, ordered by a judge to testify. amy freeze in for lee goldberg, perfect night for revelers. >> sort of follows the theme we have had from the fall into late december. >> mild, yeah. >> temperatures above average. >> will it coast his way? >> i wish to say we could coast into the new year the same way but it looks like we have a taste of winter. empire state building looks fantastic, glowing and glistening, light changers on, fantastic in one world trade. like a candle on top of had cake. 42 is what we have in central park, temperatures drop to the that is pretty good when you compare the numbers, especially over the long-term 30-year averages, our normal high temperature for new year's eve is 39 degrees but we had very cold ones and ones more mild man this but numbers in the boroughs, low 40s, easy to take, tomorrow morning the clear skies sharting stooshow up help the temperature-- starting to show up help the temperatures bottom out. waking up tomorrow, it will feel chilly because of clear skies, the warmth we had will escape the atmosphere. coldest ever 1917, 7 below, and the warmest on ever 63. we aren't going down in history books but an easy way to take here. looking at numbers past midnight, again, we see the numbers fall off sharply, the overnight low for sthity is 37 but we-- for the city is 37. we are dry for new year's eve. there have been a lotf holidays closing out the year-- lot of holidays closing out the year with snow flurries, storm-free moderate but lots of sunshine, more than all week. saturday and sunday, days to enjoy. monday comes the change. whauch the temperatures on the futurecast falling to near-freezing, friday night, saturday, struggling to get to 40. with the sun it should feel better than the cloudy overcast days we have had. clearing and 20s in the suburbs, 37 the overnight low. tomorrow, 45 is the high. that is handfull of degrees above average this time of yeefr and we take the low 40s through the weekend: i don't see any major warm up's but a cold snap monday and tuesday. taechs back just in the 30s. that will be a shock because we have not had numbers that low during the daytime in many months. 24 for overnight low monday into tuesday. that is not only below normal. it is below freezing and that only happened once around the boroughs so a chance at chilly air. numbers into mid 40s by thursday, and actually looking at the long-term averages the jet stream will lift back to the north, allows air back in. mid-month we should be mid 40s and upper 40s, a taste of winter there, happy new year. >> you too. >> you too. the biggest part of the year, new year's eve can term from a night of fun into misfortune. we will share tips on how to avoid a new year's disaster. here is another live look at times square from newscopter 7 and we want to know how you are in tonight's health alert, how to avoid accidents on new year's eve. emergency rooms on new year's eve are twice as busy than any typical night, to blame is alcohol. advice is space your drinks out, maybe too late for that. eat something, don't drink on an empty stomach and do not drink and drive. >> definitely not. new york city's bike sharing program pedaling past 10 million rides for the year, the de blasio administration says it increased 24% in 2015, in fact, there were 7 days it had more than 57 individual rides, including 2 during pope francis's visit in september. >> our expert 2-wheeler, in for sports. happy new year, or happy bowl year, the college football post season is heating up and the championship will be set tonight. we check in on the cotton and orange bowls as clemson look to prove they do belong in the title hunt and the islanders, only local team in action did their best to ring in 2016 the right way. all the people saying we want college football to begin in your e mails to laura-- >> it is a novel thing, clemson entered with 13 and 0 record and number 1 seed and the tigers still weren't the favorites in the final against oklahoma, trying to prove the doubters wrong in the orange bowl today, second quarter oklahoma on the move, to andrews, 11 yards they would lead by 1 at the half but the second half was all clemson, they shut out the sooners and scored 3 times. watson and renfro with this touchdown 37-17, the tigers leaving no doubt. who will clemson play? michigan state and albuma determining that in the cotton bowl in texas now, it is obvious, 38-0, alabama is dominating in the 4th. 5 years since the jets were in the playoffs but some on the team have never been in their career. regular season finale where the hardest part might be not looking too fard ahead too soon. -- far ahead too soon. >> you are thinking down the road you are not enjoying this moment y. want to enjoy it. these are memories that you will have and mean the most, not about the money, not about the fame, it is about the experiences. >> as for the giants, their season is rapidly nearing its end. with sunday' finale against the eagles and the last hoorah. the head coach is focused on the game and players. >> i think the way in which we have operated here probably sense the 2008 season has been a good example and we do have, they can talk to me any time. >> just one had one more game to play before the end of 2015, islanders in buffalo where the new york was celebrating, john and nickolie into 2016 with a kids don't stay little forever. so help them get the opportunity they need. it's never too early or too late to save for college. you can open a ny 529 account with just $25. and you may get tax benefits if you pay income tax in new york state. someday you'll look back and be glad you got started. ny's 529 college savings program. we could have been invited to all these parties. >> we were. >> but we wanted to be here with you to ring in the new year. >> happy new year, dick clark's