Morning. So thats the latest here. The nypd bomb squad is inside our offices at Columbus Circle. The package was addressed to 10 Columbus Circle. We dont 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 thats 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 xrayed the package, they found what looked like metal material, perhaps a pipe bomb. Weve 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 were being told that there were wires, what appeared to be wires inside this package. That
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
briefing will be here at 58th and 8th at 12:45. i did see the device move out, shimon. are you getting any more information? yeah, it was moved. what i m told is that it s going to be, as we ve been reporting, taken to the bronx. the nypd bomb squad has an area where they can safely detonate it, if that s what they re going to do. we don t exactly know if they re going to do that in this case. they usually do with these types of devices. then they pick up whatever forensic material they can once it s detonated. so that will definitively, based on that forensic material, tell them if this device is linked to the other devices, which right now authorities certainly believe it is. they will be able to once they detonate it, they have a way where they explode it and th can just kind of keep some of the material that they need so they can build a criminal case. now this is a criminal investigation. so they ll do that.
establishments, all of which have been evacuated. all right, athena. thank you so much. i m trying to get a sense let me just find out. is there any plan for my any briefing? have you heard anything yet? just trying to get a sense if there s any plans for briefings. i m standing here near this command post. this doesn t look like this is going to be ending any time soon. let me turn around and show you the roadblocks we re looking at. we cannot get any closer, as i ve told you. this is 58th and 9th. this is the heart of new york city. this is closed off. this was closed off. they re still trying to let traffic go down 9th avenue, but as you can see, it s intense right now. there are apartment buildings, hotels all along this block. they re all trying to get in parking garages. everyone has been asking to go
reporting coming in. what do you have? yeah, kate. obviously you re asking questions of whether or not the police are going to do any kind of briefing there. we don t know yet, but a little update here. i m told by officials in new york that they do expect to move this package within the hour. so it looks like they re pretty optimistic they ll be close to a point where it s safe enough to remove this package. i m told we re probably going to see people either pushed further back or more street closures. i m told that the entire area is going to be frozen once they move this package and place it where we believe will be in this containment truck and driven to the bronx where the bomb squad is located. then they ll probably detonate it there and start their investigation into really trying to figure out what this is. so just a small update there for folks that are out there and for our viewers so they re aware we could see some movement here within the hour. we ll see it here first,