Top priority. The department of transportation does a great job and cleaning it up. Its unbelievable. They are there at the crossroads of the world. Bill cosby breaks his silence after being arraigned on Sexual Assault charges. The message to his fans is thinking 4 supporting him. Well have that for you, coming up. Happy 2016. Juliet i am juliet. We will have more online and show you more video ben its january 1. Its 2016. Can you believe that . We started doing the show in 2013. Seems like forever. Juliet it feels like its been two months. Time is flying and its freaking me out. , you know samantha. Samantha what do you get for winning . We will cook lunch. We will make something. Maybe it will just be that. Antwan thinks thats funny. 13. 3 degrees above normal. We shattered the record. On record by 7 or 8 degrees. The warmest day was on christmas eve. 72 degrees is typically the temperature. We have been so far about that. The coldest is the 28th and 29th and some of the days are coming up next week. It will be turning colder. Slip off a little bit at 40 now. Breeze. 37 and suffix. Its 32 and marcello. You might see a flurry later on today with lake effect snow showers kicking in. 41 in islip and we have a west northwest breeze. It will push and dryer in chillier air. We will get some brakes later on. Hitting spots like lake placid and almost into walmart. There is colder air in place and will get snow up there. The area of low pressure is moving in and we have highpressure building and with cold temperatures building and we will get reinforcing shots of cold air. We will really start to feel like winter across the tristate. At 6 00 this morning, 38 degrees and we go into the 40s with the breeze making it colder. Its a nice day with 45 is the range and it will be breezy. Dont forget , you will get your hourly forecast. We will check out to check it traffic with kelly. Maybe some still are. Ben simmoneau good morning. Kelly good morning. Lets start by 145. The accident takes up the right lane with big trouble in rutherford. Traveling northbound and we now have all lanes closed and a detour for a serious accident involving a downhole. Just getting word of a crasher on the northbound. 2 lanes are closed and we have emergency vehicles blocking the right lane on the southbound side. Lets switch to a live look at times square. Pretty empty now. The area between 37th and 59th st. You will see closures and it will give you some delays. Try to avoid that for the time being. 2 trains are running northbound with express only from chambers 96 because of signal problems. There is switch problems at franklin avenue. The alternate side has neither rules suspended for new years. Ben thank you, kelly. Times square was packed the Million People. The crews get in there and they just fire away and its unbelievable. Juliet robert is down there in times square. Robert i wouldnt say the time squares for us yet. No one does a party like times square. Things to the sanitation workers, its getting very close. 2015 is so last year. 2016 is here. While your resolutions may include eating less and exercising more the department of transportations resolving to get times square cleaned up fast. There is mechanical sweepers, rooms and collection trucks to cleanup the party hats, confetti and other evidence of the fun that was had here. Do you think your party gets messy . You have nothing on times square. Last year the Sanitation Department says it removed 48 tons of debris. 2016 got off to a rousing start of public sleighs of affection were okay. 1 Million People gathered here under the watchful eyes of 6000 Police Officers seen and unseen. Everything went off without a hitch and those who gathered and waited for hours. Give them plenty of time to look back on 2000 2015. Be happy and travel around the world ask i want to get engaged. Why wait . Will you marry me . Yes she said yes [cheering] robert 2016 is off for a rousing start. Live look at times square and you can see the workers blowing the confetti. I dont envy them. They are trying to corral theyre trying to get into one of those trash bins. I dont know how they do it. There are stragglers left here. Its amusing seen people who have had one or 2 or 10 drinks. Now they have to stumble home. They are doing just that and pretty soon times square will be a ghost town. That is the latest. Happy new year juliet happy new year to you, robert. Beside lot of the road. If youre out there, be careful. With 6000 officers at the time square celebration, and went off without a incident. Ben there were a couple ofs cares that they had to stop before it happened. Officers promised they would be out and they said they would make sure they were out in place and regardless of the scares , there were scares abroad. They have charged Emmanuel Letterman with providing Material Support to terrorists. He is accused of trying to attack a bar in rochester on the sea. He got knives, ski mask, pneumonia to carry out his threat. He met with undercover informants to get information and instruction on executing a largescale event targeting innocent people. We all must acknowledge that in todays day and age, anyplace in the world can be a target. We are asking the residents to be safe and vigilant. Not just tonight but every day and night. He described himself as an Islamic State brother pledging allegiance to ices. Another plot broken up in saying they got 5 7 suicide bombers. Facebook upward out of a possible threat about an hour and half before midnight. They were evacuated with Police Taking no chances. Local outlets were reporting that the bombers were iraqi nationals known to german authorities. Many are calling the arrest a further reminder of the need to stay vigilant. Not just on major holidays but all year round. Affected individuals are there and isis is preying on them. Redeeming quality is that they communicate by the internet which gives us a good chance to catch them before they do their dastardly act. The fbi used paid informants to catch frenchmen. Thank you very much. A big story yesterday a luxury highrise is nothing more than a small 9 ruins. There were massive flames that tore through the hotel. Its called the address everyone got out but 16 people injured. July went on and spelled their new years celebration. The whole area as part of where the hotel was but the people were able to go into a certain area and watch the fireworks. A lot of people lost everything. It was not just a hotel it was a residential building. Ben millions around the world rang in the new year with fireworks and music. Well show you brazil where people gathered to watch fireworks light up the sky for 60 minutes. This included the unveiling its an olympic year juliet over london, our friends in britain with a giant bigband and fireworks. Its the eye over the river 10. Hong kong counted down with a celebration. Victoria the ground. There are fireworks high above. More than 4 people watch the fireworks spectacular launch from the giant skyscraper. Ben thats very cool it looks times square look very classy and reserved. We have a lot more coming up for you. No copy is speaking out. He will tell you what he has to say , when we return. Sam is keeping track on the samantha its turning colder. Not a bad day today. Lots of clouds around but we will get some afternoon sunday temperatures at 40. If your plans for the afternoon, dont forget to download the fox 5 news ny whether. We will be right back. Dunkin donuts unbelievable selection of breakfast sandwiches freshly made all day and now you can enjoy two english muffin egg and cheese breakfast sandwiches for 4. For the girl scout meeting. Okay. For the soccer team. For the girl scout meeting. How many meetings are you having . savings are up. Pwhich makes the checkout lane, victory lane. Ben berlin germany. A laser show in 1 Million People gathered. Juliet already , yes sir. Lets get over for sam. You dont see me every day. She is very bright and the weather world. Thats why ben shouldve been on our side saying we would not get snow in december. It will only be half the fun. You are so way off. We have one of the warmest the record 78 degrees. Ben usually wins. Sorry, juliet. Today will be in the 40s. Normal highest 39. We will be about that. Its shaping up to be a good weekend and a good week. You can see that we return to sunshine to brighten things up. These are your house next week. Monday, tuesday, wednesday in the 30s. Drop down to 40 degrees with a westerly wind. It drags and the dryer air and i am showing you the Bigger Picture to show you the change. This time last week it was warm weather for the united its taking over and building in from canada. If you are looking to reach us and we had dryer air pushing and with High Pressure. We will take this storm in the midatlantic coast out to sea. Today, pushing and with sunshine in the 40s. Its a nice afternoon and evening. Very chilly. The weekend looks good. Nice and bright. Bundle up and temperatures will go down but at least we have the gorgeous sunshine with no big storms to the end of next week. We had a few trouble spots in new jersey. Its right by you union avenue. On the drive, i still have while we close 79th st. Lets take a look at times square. The cleanup continues. Its pretty empty and we do expect some closures starting around 37th line down to 59 to 6 and 8. You want to enjoy that area. There is some weight issues still. Chambers 296 and 42nd and they have delays in both directions because of switch problems at franklin avenue. They are all on or close to schedule. Check your timetable because they are on holiday rules. Happy new year ben and juliet, back to you. Thank you, kelly. Ben man died in an around 1130 last night inside this building on broome street. The daily news says 25yearold man was in the elevator when it began to fall. He shoved his 43yearold woman out that he was crushed when he tried to get out. They told the paper it took 20 30 minutes for rescuers to arrive. The man was rushed to hospital where he was pronounced dead. The building had 3 current violations for elevator defects. The man did not live there. He was just there for a party. Juliet that is terrible ben bill cosby is breaking his silence but not saying much. Juliet he sent out its simple to saying thank you. He was arraigned on Sexual Assault charges accused of drugging and sexually assaulting a former employee back in 2004. Lawyers say the charges are contested election for the District Attorney in which his case was made a focal point. His wife must file a deprivation lawsuit. They say his statements denying the allegations were false and accusatory. Mrs. Cosby filed a motion to avoid giving testimony but a federal judge denied that. The mother of the teenager is back in the us charged with helping her son flee to mexico. Tonya couch is being held on usd1 million bail. She was extradited from mexico after being arrested along with her 18yearold son, ethan, earlier this week. Both fled last month after an investigation was launched into whether he violated his probation following a 2013 drunk accident when he killed 4 people. Couch use the affluenza defense saying his parents made it impossible for him to tell right from wrong. Fighting extradition to the us. The body has returned home to long island. Dozens of airmen stood in formation as the hero arrived yesterday in westhampton beach. Sergeant ben acosta was killed during the suicide bombing. He was serving his first tour of duty. Sergeant was recognizing the danger that fateful day and moved aggressively to defend the people that were under his charge. A funeral will be held tomorrow morning at new Beginnings Christian Center and is home town. Have a lot more coming up. The big Cable Companies . Juliet what a great city [cheering] ben look at the lights on the trees. Juliet what a wonderful celebration despite the november terror attack. They gathered to countdown until midnight to with a spectacular laser show. Are happy to turn the page on 2015 from the massacre. Theyre hoping for a more calm and peaceful 2016. Emotional. It is a great city. My travel experiences limited i think its hard to beat paris juliet i was there in september and is just amazing just walk around. You dont have to spend a lot of money. Ben the people are lovely. They are very gracious to americans, despite all the rumors. Them. The Record Number of people ditch the Cable Company and have chosen to streamline entertainment. Media giants like time warner and comcast and others have lost a combined usd50 billion this year. Expected to continue. The post office is launching a new standard. Do people buy stamps . It will be hit with scifi hands. They honor the 50th anniversary of star trek. Ben they feature the starfleet insignia and a transporter with the words space, the final frontier. Juliet we will be right the sometimes haphazard, never boring fun. The why cant it smell like this all the time fun. The learning the virtue of sharing fun. Why let someone else have all the fun . Thats no fun. Unleash the power of dough. Ben farewell 2015. 2016 is starting out dry and chilly. Be prepared for Colder Weather. The coldest temperatures of the season so far are coming up in the next week. Thats not saying much. Times square it was that they are cleaning up now. It was the place to be for the big celebration there. And it looks fantastic. Very emotional. Today, its all about getting the area back to normal. Fears of terror attacks with police in germany alerting the public about a possible attack. Here in new york , it took a career criminal accused of plotting an attack. You cannot talk about 2015 without talking about taylor swift. Have to say they always end up growing on me. Its very and unlike. You also not a fan of adele song. She made billions. Juliet that will be in my head all day long. I would not go by what she. Juliet i have great taste. Its just that song hello. You made up that song . Im not saying shes not talented. I just think. Side. Please. Sam has her glasses on. Samantha i have silver and gold. Kelly, get a 2 where 2. Kelly i got them last week for mike and i. He was in times square last night. He said she probably would not go and i woke up to a picture of him. The man has succumbed to peer pressure like its no ones business. You say hey, mike. No. Come on. Okay. Kelly looks like its very if youre just getting home or if youre up early like us, happy new year. We will talk about Colder Weather. Will head into the new year today and this weekend. Down to 3090 and this weekend. Down to 30 9039 degrees in central park. We have a breeze that will be with us through the day today. Especially tomorrow, it will feel much colder. We will have to bundle up again as we head out. A couple of 30s to the northwest. That will be reaching us. High pressure builds and as the clouds come from the storm is moving out to see. We will have more sunshine ahead for the day today. It could turn out to be a nice day. We will be dry with 45 degrees as the afternoon high. Sunday looks good at 43 degrees. Still breezy but there is a cold weather on monday and in the 30s. Right be a good weekend to go skiing or do something fun. How are we looking out there , kelly . Kelly we have some serious accidents working. Lets start with 17. You have all these detours by union avenue. Theres an accident involving a pole so avoid that scene. Its a serious accident working northbound in the 70s and it takes up 2 lanes. If youre traveling southbound, the emergency vehicles have left so also the lanes are open. The toad over to a live look at times square. Things are quiet and very empty. The cleanup does continue. Road closures between 38 and 58 street. Its between 6 and 8 avoid that scene. Trans all on or close to schedule. Back to you , ben and juliet. Ben it was a party of the year. They counted down the celebration. Someone has to clean up juliet york does a great job to organize that cleanup. Robert moses is there. Tell us what you are seeing this morning people. Robert good morning and happy new year. Its always amazing how long it takes for people to gather here in times square and how quickly they clear out. Once they do clear out, all the cleanup has to begin. Look at those people down there. All the confetti is blowing around. The Sanitation Department is trying to corral it and get it out of here. Close as it can be. You might not have a vacation day but the Sanitation Department does 178 workers got to work. Bronze, collection truck and mechanical sleepers. Last year sanitation workers cleared more than 48 tons of debris. You think your house party gets messy. You have nothing on this. Million people gathered here last night to watch the ball drop. The confetti flail and there was many kisses exchange. That was despite fears of terrorism 6000 cops were here and hundreds of surveillance cameras rolled. Those who gathered had plenty of time to wait. The time for the year that was and made resolutions for the year to be. Getting better grades. To be happy and travel the world. I want to get engaged. [cheering] [crying] yes she said yes [cheering] that happy couple begins 2016 engaged and we wish them the best. Robert more stragglers here as they stumble home. The cleanup effort continues. Its incredible to me of the mounds of confetti that was here. Now, just a few pieces left. That is the latest. I love that couple that i engage. Juliet ben said she kind of hesitated. Ben she wasnt speaking in her native language thank you, robert. Juliet they were making sure the celebration went off without a hitch. Live. Antwan the scares happen in new york state. Good morning. Authorities have charged Emmanuel Laxman with attempt to provide Material Support to terrorists. He is accused of planning an attack at a bar in rochester. He is a career criminal and he had lives knives and machetes and a ski mask. According to documents, he met with informants to get information on executing a largescale event targeting innocent people. He described himself as an Islamic State brother pledging a oath of allegiance to the nicest terror group by going to kill dozens on his behalf. They paid the informant to catch in. Isis is playing on these individuals. The redeeming quality is that they communicate by the internet which gives us chance to catch them before they do the. Munich