square in new york. police are looking for this man. he took off his shirt and later looked back toward the suv in what they described as a kind of stel think manner. the suv had smoke coming out of it, but did not explode. police tried to get people away. everybody started being backed up and everybody was being pushed back and the barriers started going up. we knew something was wrong when we saw the ambulances and cop cars. new york police say there is no evidence to support claims of responsibility from the pakistani taliban. you know, a lot is going on in this investigation. if you didn t watch news over the weekend, you re just now learning about this. let s discuss more. we are joined by mike brooks, hln law enforcement analyst. you have a lot of sources. what s the latest? right now, they are waiting for a lot of results from forensics from that vehicle, from that 1993 nissan pathfinder that had the propane tanks, the gallons of gas, the fireworks, all of t
square. this is where we begin. how much more can tennessee take? parts of the state completely under water this morning after getting pounded with up to 20 inches of water over the weekend. at least 11 people have lost their lives. others still missing. at opryland hotel, thousands of guests. thousands of people fled their zoems we have been down hire 40 years. never saw it for this. we have looked for people all day. they have said they come but nobody come. we just happen to come down here to take a picture and they were bringing the first boat in and they didn t know the area, the fire department. so my boyfriend got on the boat with them and off he went. while the rain is over, people are still worried about how high the cumberland river will crest. downtown nashville merchants could lose millions of dollars. jacksky, the pictures are unbelievable. this is the worst flooding in the mid south in about three decades and probably the worst ever for much of the nashv
and very saddening for maurice ryan. when i was speaking with him, he was emotional throughout our entire tour of that water way. it s happening right now, by the way, hopefully they re having a good time. lots of food. they re trying to keep their spirits up and their hopes up too. let s turn to jacqui jeras in the severe weather center, the weather is impacting this oil spill in a very big way. when you look behind richard there and see the tide has is definitely rough and the wind has picked up, all these things are not good. and you put all those things together and we have tides about two to three feet above normal. coastal flooding, the winds have been strong, they ve been gusting about 40 miles per hour at times, that s creating choppy seas. we re looking at 6 to 9 foot se seas today. that s down a little bit as we progress into early next week.
the big apple. mayor bloomberg says his city has avoided a deadly event. police evacuated times square last night abandoned with its engine still running and its emergency lights flashing. ray kelly is expected to speak with reporters. authorities are treat ing the incident as a potential terrorist attack. there s a lot of cameras, a lot of other things in that area that we don t have in other places, so the forensics are all being worked intensely overnight. here s what we know right now, the new york bomb squad removed propane tanks, gasoline containers and consumer grade fireworks from the vehicle. they also removed a locked metal box that as of this morning has not been opened as far as we 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 ve