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Switch beforehand, is she the one, i promise it wont be this particular hour, you will have to stay tune during "fox & friends" to see if this goes off, no i wont, all new york city wont be turned on, we dont want that, the big event, new york city city times square ball drop which will happen at 11:59, of course, today or own kennedy and pete hegseth will be hosting the all-american new years special here on fox news channel, this baby has been dropping since 1907, this ball here in times squar...

>> police protect the crowd from violence, and organizers paying tribute to journalists were victims of violence this year. the ball drop this year is dedicated to the free press after the murder of "washington post" columnist jamal khashoggi in the shooting of the capital gazette in maryland where five journalists were killed. the dedication is also part of the design this year. new crystals were installed in a pattern called the gift of harmony, a symbol of hope for peace in the new year. stan...

[laughter] jillian: ana, thank you, happy new year to you. a live look at new years eve, australia, and here at home, you will want to wear raincoat, severe storm will hit noorrción before ball drops, fox news senior meteorologist janice dean live in times square with everything you need to know, good morning, janice. >> good morning, jillian, have you seen this ball before? this is an impressive ball, this is 2,888 crystals, the baby that will drop later on around 11:59 up to midnight where we...

Jackie is there to watch the ball drop also. jackie? >> hey there, people have been arriving here in times square since 8:00 this morning. they are not thwarted by the rain. didnt seem to dampen the mood although it has dampened their clothes. everyone is covered up right now a million people packing into times square for the stroke of midnight. organizers though have quite a show planned. yesterday they tested the ball drop switch and the 32,000 led lights that a billion people will be watching...

Resolutions. todd does. dean: goals. goals. rachel: just goals. we will get to fox news senior meteorologist janice dean. she is live where all the action is about to take place. she has all the details about the famous times square ball. janice: yes. this was my goal for 2018. and i made it happen. tom brennan from waterford crystals, how are you? >> im wonderful. thanks so much for having me. happy new year, everybody. we are here with waterford crystal. janice: whats your title. >> master art...

>> julie: new years eve is here. the world waves goodbye to 2018. jackie heindrick is in the middle of it all. hey, jackie. >> hey, julie. people are arriving here a as early as 8:00 this morning. the rain has not dampened the mood. take a look at the rain gear out there. a million people are expected to come into times square pack in here tonight, organizers have quite the show planned. yesterday they tested the ball drop switch and 32,000 lights that a billion people will be watching on tv. 19...

It, covered with the crystals, new york city and new years eve was celebrated in times square in 1904 first with fireworks and 1907 the owner, "the new york times" square owner replaced it with the ball, 7 versions of the ball have been designed, the first one was made of iron and wood and it weighed 700 pounds and waterford has been defining the times square ball since millennium. jillian, have you been up here to see the times square ball? i know a few people, i could get you up here. jillian:...

Nypd is already on the ground. security is tough out here. for the first time nypd is using drones to back up its network of 1200 security cameras leaving no part of time square out of view. thousands of officers are deployed around the city and sniper teams on the rooftops and using new odor pursuit dogs. no credible threats against the events but theyre working around the clock. organizers were doing preparations of their own. yesterday tested the ball drop neck nice many and 32,000 lights. th...

A lot of it you cannot see. but just as officers were working to keep people protected, the organizers were doing a lot of planning of their own. that is more of the fun stuff. we will show you that first. the tradition is 2100 year strong. yesterday organizers tested the ball, dropping the mechanism and the 32,000 lights that more than a billion people will be watching on tv. the ball got a makeover too. 192 new crystals were installed on thursday, the theme is the gift of harmony. it is a mean...

Deployed around the city and sniper teams are on rooftops. also using odor pursuit dogs for the first time. no credible threats against the event, but working round the clock as police are preparing to keep you safe, doing preparations of their own, testing the ball drop mechanism and 32,000 lights. the tradition is 112 years strong and organizer say that it has to go off without a hitch. >> the first year that i did this back in 1995, the ball was actually, we used to do it by rope, six people,...