Watch New York ball drop as thousands gather in Times Square for 2024 countdown

It's officially 2024 on the East Coast! FOX News Correspondent Madeleine Rivera joins us from Times Square in New York!

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00:00 >> And of course you're looking at the iconic ball in Times Square in New York City. We

00:10 have about 38, 37, 30, 30 seconds left to drop.

00:14 >> 30 seconds left until the ball drops.

00:15 >> An estimated 1 million people attend this every year. Started back in 1904. The ball

00:21 drop started in 1907. Carolina, wouldn't you love to be in New York City?

00:25 >> No, I love being here in Houston, baby, but we can watch it here on the screen.

00:30 >> There you go. >> All right.

00:31 >> That was a quiz. That was a pop quiz for you.

00:33 >> That's right. All right, we're about to count down with our East Coast folks.

00:36 >> Okay, count down now. >> Seven, six, five, four, three, two, one.

00:43 >> Happy New Year! >> And there you go. Happy New Year for our

00:46 people on the East Coast. >> On the East Coast, New York City. But we

00:49 only go by Central Standard Time. We want Texas time. Texas or nothing. And we have

00:55 one of our favorite people. >> Madeline Rivera! Woo-hoo! We talked with

01:02 you last year when the ball dropped, and now we're with you again, babe. How is it over

01:07 there right now? >> Carolina and Isaiah, I know you guys have

01:13 an hour to go before ringing in the New Year, but, man, happy New Year from New York City.

01:18 You've got New York, New York playing right now. It is hard to describe the emotions here

01:24 in Times Square. There are just so many people here, happy, screaming, some of them kissing

01:30 at midnight. I mean, there's just so much joy around you. Really, there's nothing else

01:35 like Times Square. I know I heard Isaiah say there, you know, wouldn't you want to be in

01:39 Times Square? And I'm going to be side with him, Carolina, okay? There is nothing like

01:44 being in Times Square at this moment right now. Hundreds of thousands of people here.

01:49 Some of them have been here year after year. Others are here for the first time checking

01:54 off a bucket list item. They've made new friends. They've forged all of these relationships

01:59 after standing out here for hours. We've seen so many great performances. Megan Thee Stallion,

02:05 LL Cool J, Paul Anka, and now we have New York, New York playing right now. Happy New

02:10 Year. It is just an incredible feeling. We're just so happy. And of course, happy to be

02:15 sharing it with you for the second time in a row with friends, Carolina and Isaiah. Happy

02:21 New Year to you guys.

02:22 Happy New Year to you.

02:23 And of course, happy New Year to you too as well. She's always great in New York City

02:30 for us.

02:31 Oh, absolutely.

02:32 She spent a lot of time with us here in Houston.

02:33 Yes, she did. And now she's the new Washington, D.C. correspondent for Fox News Channel. Congrats,

02:39 A 2024 is going to be great for you.