Because of the bitter cold. Eyewitness News Reporter alycia nieves is live along the parade route on broad street where fans are braving the cold for a front row seat to all the action. Hi, alycia. Reporter rahel, it is cold out here. We see people out here drinking their hot cocoa, drinking their coffee trying to stay warm. Some even doing things like putting hand warmers in their gloves. Others just o jogging in place all for this and it seems to be well worth it. 120 Year Administration unique to philadelphia is under way right now. Happy new year to the Delaware Valley from your mummers. Reporter bands and performers dancing down broad street for the mummers parade entertaining a sprinkling of fans standing on the sidelines most of whom clearly decided not to let the subzero temperatures stop them from experiencing the one of a kind annual show. It didnt stop us. But its really cold so we bought a lot of gear over the past couple weeks just so we could be ready. Reporter with fans
Of course, if you see something, say something. There will be plenty of Police Officers out here, so you can flag them down or call 911. Pete, sharp dressed man out there. If you are planning on shooting off yourse own celebratory fireworks, dont. There is a zero tolerance for even the sparklers. Illegal fireworks can also start fires. Oakland Police Warning about celebratory gunfire. This is a live picture here as part of the crackdown in oakland, police will send officers into neighborhoods that have had a high report of gun shots. Theres a concern tonight about the weather as we look at San Francisco. You can see the skies are clear, but that means lit be cold. Jeff ranieri is tracking a new years eve forecast for us. Definitely the temperatures that are going down, and windchills that well have. Because of the cold temperatures, we have a freeze warning by the National Weather service. Temperatures will likely range 27 to 34 degrees in these areas shaded in blue, including the nort
Convert with a history of some Mental Illness allegedly plotting to kidnap and behead individuals in rochester or attack restaurants with some sort of bomb. We are told there are no bomb parts found but he did apparently purchase gloves, ropes and ties that could be used in a kidnapping along with numerous knives and hatchets, that according to Law Enforcement officials. Again, we are attempting to reach out to his attorney in the rochester area and his family to try to learn more, but again, the apparent plot, an apparent suspect wanting to target new years eve in rochester, new york, arrested and charged this morning. Back to you. Jonathan, thank you. Are there any indications of just how close he was to actually doing this . Did he have all the equipment to do something tonight when investigators moved in . Reporter according to the recordings and the conversations, the fbi was on to him for some time, certainly since just around christmas, if not before then. And again, they had th
Check out these gorgeous pictures. This is a live picture of 2015 in sydney, australia. And you can see those fire works are going off just what a beautiful shot. There are 1. 6 Million People who are actually there in person watching that beautiful light display. Happy new year to australia. We are waiting for it still. It is wednesday, december 31st im Claudine Wong in for pam cook. And im dave clark. Lets talk about weather and traffic. Steve paulson is here. You called it yesterday. Man, cold and windy. It was brutal. It was brutal. The gusts usually over 50 for some. I have personal experience on that. It is cold out now. The breeze Still Holding up some of these temps. By the way tennis fans are like okay australia. That means the australia open is about ready to start. We are getting close. 20s, 30s, and 40s. Tomorrow morning will be the coldest one. Some of these temps if it wasnt for the breeze, they would be much colder than that. Still 29 fairfield. 32 napa. Some locations s
Ground, and in the subway system. Three two, one. Happy new year. Reporter tuesday producers of the count down show tested the world famous new years eve ball, they powered up 32,000pound led lights and hoisted the ball into position. Organizers expect a Million People here to ring in the the new year in person and another 190 million around the u. S. Will watch it all on tv. People from all over the world are already here to celebrate. We wanted it to be an amazing experience and we wanted to see the ball drop. Reporter are around the world a billion people will watch the times square celebration. Don champion for Eyewitness News at cw philly. Chip down the shore for new years eve could cost you a little extra. Travel magazine just public a survey that find Atlantic City has second most Expensive Hotel rooms for the holidays. New or leaned came in first. The average room will run you 350 a night but that is only if you can find one. Most hotels are already book up, and book solid. If