an iconic figure. one of our top requests of all times finally made it. i m joe johns in washington. an update on a situation a few steps away from manhattan s union square. police are checking out a suspicious car. they re expected to sound the all clear. our susan candiotti is on the scene now and joins us live. what can you tell us? reporter: well, that will come 2 1/2 hours after this whole thing started. the explanation we re getting from the new york city police official is that they tracked down the owner of the car by tracing the license tag. and the owner of the car explained the two gas cans in the back of the car because he was mowing some lawns. he s not a professional landscaper.
soon, the scene very soon. in the meantime, they did evacuate the con-ed building and some apartments in a building that was also facing the vehicle itself. so it appears as though we re soon to got the all clear sign or signal from the police department at this point. but obviously everyone than on edge. they ve had a lot of these calls and it appears unusual. but in any case, it seems like we ve been getting a sign very soon that everything is okay right here. joe? great. okay. thank you so much for that, susan can ddiottcandiotti. we ll keep our eye on. this otherwise, let s go now back to larry king live. rubber band man right party i m in trouble man always in
not far from new york university. it is outside of the coned building for those of you that know new york city, con-ed is the local power company building for irving place. that building, we re told, has been evacuated as have other buildings nearby. with us on the phone is cnn national correspondent suzanne candiotti who was talking to an authority right out on the street. i saw during the live feed from man at an, at the time we heard that loud noise. can you give us some sense of what you heard and what s going on out there right now? reporter: i sure will, joe. the news briefing just wrapped up. it was about five minutes until midnight. we hard a big boom. i m looking behind me now. i see that someone might be approaching us with additional information. excuse me, paul, is there anything new to report? what was that loud noise that we
i m joe johns in washington. good morning. we re breaking into regular programming to update oun a situation in manhattan. a robot probe just now rolling away after examining a suspicious vehicle, police just finishing up an impromptu briefing on the street. hearing a loud noise emminating from that scene. very quickly want to show you some of the pictures of the location taken a short time ago. emergency crews called in, we re told around 10:00 eastern time last night actually to check out a car, an olds mobile cut las sierra. two gas canisters in the back and an american flagsticker on it. obviously authorities concerned in light of what happened may 1st out on times square. this location, however, a bit different. the irving place in mat hannanh not far from new york university. it is outside of the coned building for those of you that know new york city, con-ed is the local power company building for irving place. that building, we re told, has been evacuated as have othe
live. if you haven t done so recently, take a look at our website at cnn.com/gps. it s updated off with fresh content. thanks for being part of my program next week. i will see you next week back in new york. this hour where will the therch terror trial be held? the white house finally admits it s considering other options. the newest senator, scott brown, making the rounds in person and on national television. he gets the will he run for president question. how does he answer? the red carpet and the the outajs musical performances. live pictures now from los angeles. it s grammy time there. we will take you there live. good evening i m don lemon. we begin with the proposed trial of the 9/11 mastermind and four accomplices. it appears that the obama administration is looking at other options other than federal criminal court in manhattan. david axelrod said today the important thing is the trial, not the location. the president believes that we need to take into consi