46th Streets News Today

>> were hearing a suspicious package. parts of times square are evacuated. >> this is all about a cooler that has been left in front of the marriott marquee hotel on broadway between 45th and 46th streets, right smack in the middle of times square. >> im right in the middle of broadway. this is 47th street right behind me. you can still see there are cars going behind me. but beyond that, you can see that times square is -- >> ive confirmed with the new york police department that the bomb squad...

Overhead cam in new york city in times square. this is where it is were being told my allan chernoff making his way to the scene now, that it is at -- this is google earth. 45th and broadway. 45th and broadway. its called the cross roads to the world right there. 45th, broadway, they all intersect in times square. we have our overhead picture back. allan was talking about times square being very busy at this hour. and, of course, it is. but youre looking at that section right there that is cordo...

You said its, you know, less than a week after the -- or a week from the -- the incident in times square, so theres a great deal of vigvigilance. >> stand by, ali, i want to update the viewers its the top of the hour. make sure you please stand by. our ali velshi is down in times square now, 47th and broadway. julian cummins is a producer down there as well. viewers, if youre just tuning in, we got word just about 30 minutes ago of a suspicious package in times square. part of times square hav...

Night. the ap is quoting a television show, several streets clear and police didnt immediately provide further details except what theyre doing there right now in times square. the initial report. susan candiotti, you mentioned that robot, that they were sending out there, send out fot from the bomb squad. theyre sending that out now. jump in here, what do you want to say? >> reporter: well, i was going to say that if allan didnt say this earlier i might have missed that, but he just sent us a m...

Closed an clear, according to an obama administration official. this incident happening in times square. susan, hey, listen, stand by. we may need to get back to you in just a little bit. i want to just report what we know here on cnn. thank you, susan. as we look at these live pictures now from times square, we want to tell you that according to our allan chernoff, 44th, between 44th and 47th streets have been shut down in times square and evacuated. allan chernoff is, again, reporting on the s...

Is on the phone now, from the marriott marquis. kathy, tell us what youre seeing. >> actually, im in my office at the marriott marquis, and what i can tell you is that we were advised by the times square alliance, which is our business improvement district, that we were alerted to an abandoned cooler which appeared suspicious in front of 1535 broadway. and its on the pedi ipedestriaa and the bomb squad is present and theyll determine if the cooler poses a hazard. and as a precaution in the bow t...

Plenty of cameras here able to observe exactly what transpires in the middle of times square. its a moment the focus is on securing the area. thats been done. now theyre going to have a look at each side of the cooler, see if there is anything in there beyond soft drinks, sandwiches, et cetera. who knows. and at that point, then well see how this is resolved. >> what are the streets that you said closed off, 46th through -- 44th to 47th street, in your observation? >> reporter: right. well, wher...

Im standing right now and two blocks north of that site. so no pedestrians, no vehicles allowed in the middle of times square right now. and we are waiting the arrival of the bomb squad over here. >> hey, allan, stand by because i want to ask you to provide a little bit of color to our viewers exactly whats going on there to take us to the streets. but i want to report what were hearing from the wires. and this is not cnn here. of course, allan, spoke to an officer on the scene. susan candiotti ...

All right. our chad myers standing by. chad, youve been watching all this. youve been watching weather but youve been watching the situation. >> yeah. >> weve been talking here, chaotic, someone did what they were supposed to do there. >> i dont think it was chaos. i think we saw it, we saw it from afar. they closed a couple of streets, you know, they did what they were supposed to do. they x-rayed it. it wasnt any big deal, they opened the street and its all over. >> 90 minutes today, but unfor...

To do. >> we certainly do. listen, christine romans, thank you. stand by. were going to be following this story up until really all evening but at 4:00 everyone is going to be going, oh, you know, you can catch your breath if its good, right? we want to get back to our breaking news now on cnn. we showed you pictures earlier. theyre they are. times square at 45th street. parts of times square being evacuated. the streets being checked out because of what were told a suspicious package. someone f...