area. police are also examining surveillance video that may have captured the suspect on tape, described by the commissioner as a man in his 40s. no one was hurt but thousands were evacuated last night as police blockaded the area at 45th and by way. just moments ago, new york city mayor michael bloomberg honored the officer first on the scene and sent out the alarm to clear the area. wayne robinson then alettered me to a car that was smoking, went over there and smelled gun powder, with my partner, pam duffy. and now we knew something was up as soon as he smelled the gun power. officer wayne rhatigan, new york city. leaders gather at the united nations tomorrow to talk about the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. mahmoud ahmadinejad will speak during the opening session. iran insists the nuclear program is aimed at producing nuclear energy. the u.s. accuses iran of trying to develop nuclear weapons. 490-year-old treaty is designed to prevent the spread of nuclear
the activities that surround it there, i think they did a great job. don t you think the mayor, meeting with the officer, supposed to meet with his t-shirt vend arer, he owes gratitude to that t-shirt vendor as well, even though he is not a member of the police department. well, that s right. and we have to count on citizens to be a part of this team to help keep us safe as well. and the t-shirt vendor fits that mold. i mean, here is a person that s out there doesn t carry a gun, not law enforcement, but yet he is there to assess and when you talk about fighting terrorism, it really does take the whole country for us to fight terrorism. there one compelling aspect of all of this this situation that you think that the police should concentrate on? i m sure there are going to be some, as they say, teachable moments or learning moments? i think intelligence and gathering intelligence about these activities and have activities in place that when something like this appears to hap
to leave. got to go. everyone, grab your food up. let s go. that was matthew derby, he was able to capture these images of his cell phone and he had high praise for the way the new york city police handled the situation. the mayor had high praise just a short time ago, actually taking the officer to dinner who was responsible for thwarting this event. witnesses think nypd did a great job handling yesterday s car bomb in times square. what do security experts think? i want to go to don clark, former special agent in charge of the fbi. thank you for joining us. mr. clark, how do you think the new york city police handleded this? i think he did a remarkable job this type of situations take a whole village to really take charge of and try to make sure that we are all safe. and i think the training of their personnel, obviously, they have had good training to be able to execute in the manner that they squchl when you look at the volumes of people and all
anything. the department of environmental protection is the one that s testing the things that were in the car, so just goes to show you that none of these agencies work alone but thanks to the great cooperation we have built in this city among all agencies, the public is safer. we take any questions? if anybody has any? sir? mr. mayor, you referred to the see something, say something. in new york it has almost become a cliche. people hear it all the time. this dough it all the time. and what message do you want this to send that people might just sometimes shrug their shoulders and not pay attention to something like that? quite contrary, i don t follow the logic this is a good example. people did that and we are safe because of it. my message always is you ve got to leave to the professionals. officer ratigan is a professional. he is part of the best police department in the world. they work alongside the fire department and dep and office of
brooke, on high alert. once again dealing with the reality this morning that terrorism is all too real. don t know if it s international terrorism just yet according to federal officials. a lot would say it s terrorism. nonetheless. as we watch this car being taken to a facility in the bronx. there it goes. you know it will take hours and likely somedays for them to take a close look to perhaps trace the origin of those materials and make sure they are fingerprinting the car inside and out. the big question now, who did this and why? we did hear from the mayor of new york city several hours ago, michael bloomberg. here s what he told the public. thanks to alert new yorkers and professional police officers, we avoided what could have been a very deadly event. i m going to begin by telling you what we know and what we don t know. at about 6:30 last night an alert t-shirt vendor who is a vietnam veteran noticed an unoccupied suspicious vehicle just a few blocks from where we