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Ordering normal brew to caramel frapps. finally the mets yoenis cespedes with an expensive double. cespedes hustling into second base with the ball dropping into right field. when he slid in, his diamond necklace burst and the diamonds went all over the infield. cespedes not happy about it. some of the teammates and umpire were seen picking up the loose diamonds. cespedes left them out there. are they free game? do you give them back? >> absolutely. fair game, man. you don't wear diamond chain to a baseball game, dude. i once lost my wedding ring at fenway park. the grounds crew, dave miller...

Time square to prepare for the worst that could happen. you've seen as people have come in, we've seen them wanded, the bags have been inspected, coats have been opened. security is being taken very seriously but actually the bigger story tonight may be the weather because it is really, truly miserable here and people are waiting. they're going to wait 12 hours before this ball drops in really frigid temperatures. it's now 15 degrees. it feels like 4 degrees. the wind has died down a bit but it's expected to pick up as the night draws on and as we get closer to the ball dropping, the temperatu...

Colder. richmond, your high will go down to 7. really getting a frigid start to 2018. and it's going to continue for the middle to end of next week as well. look at the temperatures. friday's high in new york city, the low temperature, will be in the single digits. we're not warming up by any means. we'll still see the really cold air. one place where it's not cold is california, at least some parts of the state. 64 degrees for the rose parade, looking good with sunny skies. and once again, the forecast for new year's eve, times square, very frigid with temperatures right at 11, and winds out ...

>> new year's eve ball dropping at times square. what obstacles could the weather create? >> well, obviously, in terms of the crowd size, you would anticipate it being less of a crowd. no matter what the temperatures are in times square and it presents a bit of a challenge in terms of the bulky clothing that people wear. if you have been in the city when this happens, you see that all the regulars are kind of a lack of a better phrase, they're pins, there is a lot of checking. the person you are sitting next to having a great time maybe a police officer under cover. they have rapid response ca...

Welcome back, everyone. we're just about 62 1/2 hours away from the famous ball dropping in times square. some 2 million people are expected to brave this year's sub-freezing temperatures to watch it live. standing guard will be thousands of police officers, snipers and bomb sniffing dogs. just a sliver of the unprecedented security measures officials have put in place this new year's eve. for more on this, i want to bring in nbc's stephanie gosk. she joins us live from times square. i know you covered this event, the security measures, year after year. what are you noticing about this year th...