all set? good afternoon, everyone. before you start, i want to acknowledge our law enforcement partners. bill sweeney, assistant director in charge of the fbi office in new york. sean benedict from the atf field division. phillip bartlett from the u.s. postal inspector services division. you ll hear from mayor de blasio and bill and from john miller. john will provide you with an update on the suspicious package investigations we re conducting here in new york city. my message today is that new yorkers are safe. there s no current credible threats to any individuals, organizations or locations here in new york city. new yorkers are safe. everyone, all 8.6 million residents and the millions of visitors that come here every
bartlett in charge of postal inspection services new york division. in a moment you ll hear from mayor de blasio and then you re going to hear from bill and then john miller. i d like to provide you with an update on the suspicious package investigations we re conducting here in new york city. first and more foforemost my me today is new yorkers are safe. there are no current credible threats to individuals or locations here in new york city. new yorkers are safe, but everyone, all 8.6 million residents and the millions of visitors who come here every year should always remain vigilant and aware of their surroundings. as always, i urge people to alert us to anything that seems strange or out of place or anything that makes them feel uncomfortable. they can flag down a cop, call 911 or our toll free terrorism number which is 1-888-new york
following all of that. bob, stand by. i want to reset we are almost at the top of the hour for those of us who are just joining us. this is fox news alert. we are now getting brand-new details on a massive terrorism scale spanning at least six states and four countries the details of which remain fluid. the department of homeland security is now increasing aviation security nationwide, not only with respect to cargo planes but with to commercial passenger jets and beyond. screen left is newark, new jersey. over in the middle well over on the right i m not sure what we re looking at on the right. on the right it is queens, new york. there are high alerts at synagogues across chicago and now we get word from the chicago fbi, it is not just synagogues, it s other religious institutions including churches and mosques that have been placed on high alerts. sus speubg suspicious package