Containment Device News Today

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 ...

Any connections with other devices. >> guys, i want to give you updates. were getting moved back even further. i was told by one police officer it appears theyre going to be moving the device out. then another officer just told me not yet, but that appears to be whats happening right now. from our position where we were, as you can see behind me, right where the command post was, were being pushed back once again. we saw that explosive device -- the containment device moving into cnn. let me jus...

What are the next steps here as im looking at them repositioning this vehicle and that containment device into the building? >> so kate, the first step wherever officers arrive on the scene is do that initial assessment to identify what it is theyre dealing with. obviously weve heard some of the reporting about what this device, what it appears to contain and the size. again, these bomb squad experts, you know, will arrive. theyll do that initial assessment. the goal is to determine what is the ...

Heres the truck. the truck is moving as we speak. >> watch this. maybe we can step away from the cameras so you can see whats coming down here. >> theres going to be a caravan of law enforcement vehicles as they move this containment device. you see fire engines, police cars. there it is. you can see it. it looks like a cement truck. its going to be turning on to the street, passing us. ill get out of the way here. >> here we go. take a look. this camera is on 9th avenue and 57th street in the h...

In new york. youre getting more information even as we speak? >> reporter: yeah, wolfe, right now theyre trying to open up this street on 58th street, theyre trying to loosen up traffic, but i can only imagine the backup thats 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. >> theres a bomb unit, liste...

Response from new york authorities. you saw the bomb squad here right away, of course. new york police, strategic response unit. firemen here as well. just as a measure of how seriously they take this, they were just checking this fire hydrant to make sure it had water pressure in case it would be needed. theres no indication they do need it now. theyre responding inside the building. on the right-hand side of your screen, you see that device that looks sort of like the back end of a cement truc...

Show you -- phil, come here. can you see it right here? way down there is that cement truck device, the explosive containment device we all saw coming in earlier. i think jim sciutto had a picture we showed. they have just repositioned it. right next to the entrance of the time warner center there is a parking garage where a lot of my colleagues -- where we all park. it s it appears from this angle they have repositioned that truck to back it in, as if that device is heading somehow into the bui...

Out a statement on behalf of the white house. that has happened. the >> which is unusual, because we likes to tweet on important stuff, not important stuff. this is clearly a very important development indeed. well see what the president says. jeff, i know youre working your sources over there. kate, youre there in new york city, outside the time-warner center. you and all your colleagues have been evacuated. there will be a press briefing, a new york law enforcement will be briefing reporters i...

Understandably so this has gone on so long, any idea why this wasnt attempted earlier? >> i think the more you do, the more you learn, every time they do something, when it doesnt work, they learn more about the technology and hopefully this is just an engineering progression, were very frustrated that it hasnt been tried before. but i understand when youre doing things for the first time, you got to do a few things, try it, make adjustments and try it again, make adjustments. lets hope this wor...

A lot of the area as long the gulf need to keep a monitor on the situation. >> thank you for yours, alex wallace about. live to venice, louisiana. charles hadlock. good morning to you. you have been listening to the weather, you heard that. and so i guess lets get up to speed on the containment effort and what officials are saying because theyre keeping a close eye on the tropical storm alex. >> reporter: certainly are. though that storm is in the -- going to enter the southern gulf, theyre go...