law enforcement in new york city to take extra precautions. david lee miller is keeping an eye on these latest and fast changing developments. reporter: jon, according to a published report investigators believe the possible terror plot has, and i quote, serious teeth, that s what one u.s. intelligence officer told the website run by the investigative project. so far, authorities will not publicly reveal the specifics of a potential attack, but sources have told fox that chatter and intelligence reports do indicate a possible car bomb attack might be in the works in new york city or washington, d.c. three men are reportedly being sought, national security officials telling fox some of the men might be american citizens or permanent residents, and moments ago, new york mayor michael bloomberg told our neil cavuto that although the threat being treated seriously, authorities are still trying to learn more to confirm it from other sources. we only have one source
against the u.s. homeland. law enforcement in new york city and washington d.c. on high alert right now. they are taking seriously what counterterrorism officials called a credible but unconfirmed threat that al-qaida may use car bombs to try to attack bridges or tunnels around the 9/11 anniversary. jenna: we re also told intelligence officials received unconfirmed information terror operatives may already be in the country and may in fact be u.s. citizens. again they cannot confirm this information, but they are chasing down leads and that is what s happening now. that s why we are relaying this information to you. a new york police commissioner ray kelly says this city we are in right now is responding appropriately. in light of the new threat information we are taking additional precautions. we willing holding personnel, holding our tours for an additional four hours tomorrow and continuing at least through monday. effectively increasing by a third the size of our patrol,
both directions. to pedestrian traffic and to car traffic because there is a suspicious package on the bridge. this report just came in, moments ago. police say that someone on that walkway saw a flashlight with copper wiring, and called 911, and pedestrian traffic as i said, is also closed here. now, the brooklyn bridge, of course is a major landmark, in the new york city area. i would also point out that the news comes as we have also reported the other story to you today, we don t know if there is any connection here, but, you know, the news the pakistani taliban wants to carry out an attack, because the times square attack failed and that is the back drop the law enforcement in new york city has to go into this with, they have to be extremely cautious when they get this kind of a report and they are being cautious and have shut down the brooklyn bridge, between brooklyn and manhattan. no traffic, no pedestrians on the bridge now, this is a developing story and we are working on get
claiming responsibility for this weekend s intended attack on times square. this morning on the today show, homeland security secretary janet napolitano refused to rule out this couldn t, in fact, have been an act of international terrorism. every lead has to be pursued. we would caution against premature decisions one way or the other. we do know we have great law enforcement in new york city. it s lashed up with a joint task force in which the fbi and homeland security participate. that was this morning on the today show. janet napolitano, nbc news terrorism analyst joins us. we were on the air when the first hours of this investigation was happening on msnbc. since then, there has been a release of video, a release of video taliban in pakistan, release add month ago, saying there will be attacks unspecified in american cities. is there any reason to believe this is, in fact, an act of the
not ruling out international terrorism. every lead has to be pursued. we would caution against premature decisions one way or the other. we do know that we have great law enforcement in new york city. it s lashed up with a joint task force in which the fbi and department of homeland security participate. nbc s michelle franzen is in times square with the latest. reporter: there is a fast-moving investigation. it s yielding dozens of clues for police, but still at this hour, more questions than answers. you mentioned that surveillance tape. that person of interest. they released that tape to the public. they re sifting through hundred of hours of tape in this area. 82 cameras of tape that they have to go through. this one stuck out to them. it shows a middle-aged man