wednesday. this cleanup they ve been doing with the booms and using some of these disbursements possibly has been helping. a little good news even though the weather is bad today. we ll see improvements by monday night. thanks so much, jacqui, appreciate that. our other big story, a car bomb found in times square. investigators have descended on a junkyard in connecticut, trying to find some common ailties here, the route to who may be responsible to leaving the car with explosives inside really talk fog a bomb security expert when we come back, about what police have discovered about the bomb used and what this tells them about who is responsible. [ woman ] mom was diagnosed with moderate alzheimer s.
is believed that that vehicle was turned in by its rightful owner to that junkyard, and police were able to trace the vehicle identification number, and also the license plate which apparently does not belong to that vehicle, but the license plate has origins to the junkyard. and now they re trying to piece together who may have apprehended that vehicle and made this its new purpose there in times square. sal lafrare is a security consultant and former director of security and intelligence operators for new york city s office of management, he s joining from us new york. good to see you, sol. based on what we know, and granted it s very little publicly. we know the vehicle was left running, there was smoke coming from it, even the vendors who looked at the vehicle said they saw some wiring, something that appeared to be fireworks. we know there are explosives in the vehicle. the mayor of new york says this
the marriott marquis on 45th street, they still can t get into their hotel. pretty fright thing moments for a lot of people in the very busy times square, 6:00 eastern hour last night, a car bomb was located again, you re looking at file tape right here, images from last night as the bomb squad descended on the vehicle. they had to detonate the explosives in the vehicle after some vendors noticed it was smoldering. they saw smoke coming from the car and alerted police that something was awry here, upon further inspection, police did discover that a bomb was inside this abandoned vehicle. police were able to trace it to a connecticut junkyard, where investigators are right now, they were also able to trace the license plate to that, but still no arrests have been made. we re waiting for the police commissioner, ray kelly to hold a press conference.
fire works from that vehicle. they also removed a locked metal box that has not been opened that we know of, the license plate on the car came from a connecticut junkyard and there s been no claim of responsibility. cnn s mary snow is in times square. she s joining us right now. mary, give me an idea of the scene. has it resumed back to normal as best it can in times square? reporter: yes, fredericka it would appear to be any other sunday on a warm spring afternoon. there s no unusual amounts of security, none that would not ordinary loy be here. this is a busy time on sunday afternoon with shows having matinees, tourists say they will not be deterred from their plans, moving around the city, this is such a crowded area. as you mentioned, investigators try to find out who is behind this potential bomb. and as investigators examine the car that was taken away, it was
know. the license plate on the car came from a connecticut junkyard. there s been no claim of responsibility thus far. mary snow is in times square, mary, what is being said this many hours now after the event? well, fredericka, as you mentioned, we re anticipating some answers very shortly from the nypd and the fbi at the official briefing. throughout the day, investigators have been looking for clues combing over evidence. at one forensics lab, that suv was taken to that lab and that is being looked at for all kinds of things. and at a separate lab, those devices are being combed over, the propane tanks, gasoline containers, as up mentioned, the locked metal box. one big question is going to be have investigators been able to get into the box and see what exactly was inside it. another thing that is being looked at is surveillance tapes. we already know from the police