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morning. so that s the latest here. the nypd bomb squad is inside our offices at columbus circle. the package was addressed to 10 columbus circle. we don t know who specifically it was addressed to. it did arrive. it was received in the mail room of the building. the staff there alerted authorities, alerted building security to the device, and that s when the nypd responded. obviously they became really concerned almost immediately. shimon, just very briefly, what do we know about the package that was delivered to the time warner center? why was it suspicious? what raised the alarm bells? right, wolf. so what raised the alarm bell is when they x-rayed the package, they found what looked like metal material, perhaps a pipe bomb. we ve talked about other pipe bombs or other bombs inside metal construction that have been delivered to other locations. that immediately had everyone concerned. then also we re being told that there were wires, what appeared to be wires inside thi ....
In new york, we all received the same alert. an emergency alert talking about the situation here outside the time warner center. it says police activity, on 58th street between columbus and 8th avenue, shelter in place immediately. one of those alerts we all get on our phone like amber alerts, weather alerts. this one very different, as you can see. you can see it on my phone. also seeing i want to go to jim sciutto in one second, but i m seeing police dogs about. i haven t gotten a read on if they re being used or how they re being used, but we re seeing that as well. again, more vehicles, more law enforcement coming into this area, not leaving this area. something i think is important to note. the presence is building, it s not diminishing right now. let me get over to jim sciutto. i m told you have new news. you ve been talking to police. hi. just to get a sense of this, this is an all hands on deck ....
Happens next? i m trying to get a sense. we might be getting information now, kind of when we can move back in. you know what, they just ripped the yellow tape. come on. come with me. can we go back in now? we can t go back up to time warner? that block is still clear? all right. let s go back. they pushed everyone back so they could get the device out is of here safely without having so many people that are standing here trying to get in. they ve now cleared this half a block. we can walk back up here. but the perimeter is still in place on the block of 58th street between 8th and 9th where the time warner center is. we re going to walk back up here and try to get a sense of what happens next. let me see what i can see. sir, can you tell where s the perimeter now? 58th and 8th. there s going to be a briefing. a briefing at 58 and 8 at ....
In new york. you re getting more information even as we speak? reporter: yeah, wolfe, right now they re trying to open up this street on 58th street, they re trying to loosen up traffic, but i can only imagine the backup that s been created since this started a couple of hours ago. i have been able to link up with my colleagues bob and jim. this is a pretty amazing thing to watch. the ebb and flow of the presence this morning. and then that containment device leaving. there s a bomb unit, listen, the device is now gone. so we re goi they re taking it to a safer ....
Neck. that s right. why wouldn t they detonate it on site, as they often do? we reported earlier today one of the other devices sent to the obama residence was detonated. why would you not detonate this? if it s safe enough, you can glean a lot of clues from that. they ve taken fingerprints off explosive devices before as you try to figure out who s behind this. can you guys still hear us? all right, guys. as you probably saw as well, we saw the truck. i m on 58th street. it came right out here. it turned down 9th avenue with vehicles with it. we re obviously tracking where that goes with the police presence. my question now is now we re seeing seeing the immense police presence that accompanied that vehicle and left. now the big question is what ....