the vehicle was rendered safe, and then subsequent for the investigation that has to take place at the examination of the vehicle that takes place, you want to ensure in a the officers are looking at they re going to remain safe, there s no other devices. a key thing we always worry about is secondary devices. and that just doesn t lead with because there was a device found in the back of the car, doesn t mean a secondary device couldn t have been under the hood of the car. sal, thanks so much for your time, i appreciate it. we understand the police commissioner out of new york will be holding a press conference momentarily on this car bomb. when that takes place, we ll take it live. we ll have much more from the newsroom after this.
is believed that that vehicle was turned in by its rightful owner to that junkyard, and police were able to trace the vehicle identification number, and also the license plate which apparently does not belong to that vehicle, but the license plate has origins to the junkyard. and now they re trying to piece together who may have apprehended that vehicle and made this its new purpose there in times square. sal lafrare is a security consultant and former director of security and intelligence operators for new york city s office of management, he s joining from us new york. good to see you, sol. based on what we know, and granted it s very little publicly. we know the vehicle was left running, there was smoke coming from it, even the vendors who looked at the vehicle said they saw some wiring, something that appeared to be fireworks. we know there are explosives in the vehicle. the mayor of new york says this