first avenue 44th street. that is where the u.s. ambassador is also there, linda thomas-greenfield, that s where her office is, for instance. we know that area is secured. an ongoing standoff here with no general threat to the public as of now. we ll continue to monitor the situation. sandra: hard to believe that isn t a threat to the public. someone pacing actively holding a shotgun in midtown manhattan. the live look that we have there in new york. reminding everyone that the tree lighting was last night and there s more people in the city, tourist rights, than if seen in the long time with all of the holiday decorations up. this is a little offset from midtown and times square area over by the u.n. there s a lot more people out and about and they are going to have to take serious precautions if this is an ongoing standoff which is say that spirits be when i would think that if anybody knows how to handle this it s the nypd. speech will bring an update as soon as we have it. john