there, matthew. just take us, why were you there on the scene last night, why in the city? i m on vacation from hawaii in new york and enjoying the city. walking around times square, shopping, enjoying the city then all of a sudden this takes place. how did you hear you say this. how did you hear? were people telling you to get away? did you hear the popping from the car? initially, yeah, i wasn t around for the initial 6:30 incident that occurred, but i walked into it 6:45, 6:50 then that s when the police were already out with their barricades and everybody was asking, like, what s going on here? you know? a million questions from everybody. it finally hit us, something is wrong with that car over there and somebody said a fire, other people were saying a bomb scare, a bomb threat. so the police acted accordingly and they started pushing everybody back from 45th to 46th to 47th avenues. between 46th and 47th is when i
stay in the city, come back some day? i love the city. i have been coming here for years. honestly, as a visitor, nothing can keep me away. as new york moves on from this incident, it s a great place to visit. as mayor bloomberg says he has one of the best police forces in the world here in the city. i feel safe and i feel safe coming back to the city. matthew, we appreciate your time tonight and appreciate you sharing your pictures with us so we have better understanding of this. it s remarkable everyone can be a contributor to our journalism here. we re going to take a quick break, much more on the investigation of the times square attempted bombing when this special two-hour edition of larry king live returns. c, th, the hard to define. to those who d climb mountains or sail across seas. for the perfect vanilla or honey from bees. to the lovers of orchards where simple is grown, who treat every bite as a world of its own. to those always searching for what s pure and what s re
well-organized. nobody really panicked. everybody just followed, you know, what the police said and got out of the building and went into the street. and then they started pushing everybody up the street. they evacuated the times square ticket area, where that big red famous stairwell is, where everybody takes their picture on that big red seating area. the pts sign, right? right. and then they kept on pushing everybody back and then they started telling everybody, go north. and you know, that s when everybody thought, wow, this is really, really getting very serious here. and of course, our thanks to matthew derby for his time and his video. he was able to return to his hotel by midnight. let s turn now to the unfolding disaster in the gulf of mexico. president barack obama was on the gulf coast today, getting briefed on the oil spill emergency there. but he also was keeping tabs on the dramatic developments unfolding in new york city as well. tonight, cnn s dan lothian is at
feet of that protective berm put out across the coastline. something else they ve been using is dispersant fluids, they ve been using under water. some of it up to 1,300 gallons of it on some of the areas where that oil has been venting out. just a few of the ideas they ve been using as this oil continues to pump out, some of it up to 5,000 gallons per day. hard to believe. hey, reynolds, concern, of course, about the wildlife and it being affected. any signs yet? reporter: oh, absolutely. no question we ve seen some of that. there s a northern gannet, a type of bird that actually flies in from newfoundland into the gulf of mexico each year. they re a type of bird that actually belows the surface, flies, dives below the surface, picks up sea lives and eats it. this diving bird was actually caught right out in the middle of the gulf, in the middle of the slick, was rescued, brought into a rescue center and will be rehabilitated and released. anywhere from seven to ten days down the
the pakistan taliban was claiming response blgt. robert gibbs saying he views them with skepticism. the administration is working hard to prevent these kind of attacks from happening in the future. in terms of continued reports of claims or other possibilities of who is behind it, another official saying they are premature and unwarranted. john. john lothian tracking things at the white house. thank you, dan. cell phone cameras, pda cameras, we get the first images from people close to the scene. among them is matthew derby in times square last night. as you join us, i want to take a look at the behind the scenes and on the scenes video now shot as it unfolded. we have to go. everyone. wrap your food up.