Morning. So thats the latest here. The nypd bomb squad is inside our offices at Columbus Circle. The package was addressed to 10 Columbus Circle. We dont know who specifically it was addressed to. It did arrive. It was received in the mail room of the building. The staff there alerted authorities, alerted Building Security to the device, and thats when the nypd responded. Obviously they became really concerned almost immediately. Shimon, just very briefly, what do we know about the package that was delivered to the Time Warner Center . Why was it suspicious . What raised the alarm bells . Right, wolf. So what raised the alarm bell is when they xrayed the package, they found what looked like metal material, perhaps a pipe bomb. Weve talked about other pipe bombs or other bombs inside Metal Construction that have
been delivered to other locations. That immediately had everyone concerned. Then also were being told that there were wires, what appeared to be wires inside this package. That
any connections with other devices. guys, i want to give you updates. we re getting moved back even further. i was told by one police officer it appears they re going to be moving the device out. then another officer just told me not yet, but that appears to be what s happening right now. from our position where we were, as you can see behind me, right where the command post was, we re being pushed back once again. we saw that explosive device the containment device moving into cnn. let me just ask sir? okay, we re going to keep moving back. i m going to try to get one of these guys to give me an answer on exactly why we re moving back right now. captain? captain, are we moving the device out? that s what i was told. sorry, sir. we re going to keep moving back,
what are the next steps here as i m looking at them repositioning this vehicle and that containment device into the building? so kate, the first step wherever officers arrive on the scene is do that initial assessment to identify what it is they re dealing with. obviously we ve heard some of the reporting about what this device, what it appears to contain and the size. again, these bomb squad experts, you know, will arrive. they ll do that initial assessment. the goal is to determine what is the potential blast radius here of any potential device. are we dealing with a large explosive that would spread to a large area? is this something likely to remain contained? that s the first initial assessment. that helps them determine how large their perimeter needs to be. all of this is very mechanical. it s something that these officers train for every day. so they ll actually set their perimeter based on how much stand-off distance they think they need in order to keep the public safe. wha
here s the truck. the truck is moving as we speak. watch this. maybe we can step away from the cameras so you can see what s coming down here. there s going to be a caravan of law enforcement vehicles as they move this containment device. you see fire engines, police cars. there it is. you can see it. it looks like a cement truck. it s going to be turning on to the street, passing us. i ll get out of the way here. here we go. take a look. this camera is on 9th avenue and 57th street in the heart of manhattan. they ve cleared out these two blocks. now you see it. so where do they take that now? poppy was reporting earlier they take it all the way to the bronx. there s a specific what s it called, rodman s neck? there s a zone up there the police have for this. they ll take it to rodman s
in new york. you re getting more information even as we speak? reporter: yeah, wolfe, right now they re trying to open up this street on 58th street, they re trying to loosen up traffic, but i can only imagine the backup that s been created since this started a couple of hours ago. i have been able to link up with my colleagues bob and jim. this is a pretty amazing thing to watch. the ebb and flow of the presence this morning. and then that containment device leaving. there s a bomb unit, listen, the device is now gone. so we re goi they re taking it to a safer