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Automobile junk yard near bridgeport. under connecticut law, plates must be returned to a state trooper if a car is to be junk for scrap metal. the police describe the bomb as amateur, but potentially powerful. street were cleared of thousands of tourists from the theatre district. a t-shirt vendor had spotted a smoking nissan pathfinder and alerted police. janet napolitano told me that investigators are treating this as a potential terrorist attack. >> i would say its more than a lot of nothing...

And if you cant you attack it on the surface and we have done that with mechanical means of skimming and a in situ% and dispersents but it is difficult for the surface ships to operate in the current weather. >> chris: and at this point does it looks like the blowout preventer is not going to work and if theyll have to find a solution that will take weeks or months? >> it will take heavy duty forensics and ill ask secretary salazar to comment but there are four or five different devices that can...

A marriott was shut down as well, as a robot was brought in to examine the car. jean meserve is with us. how do things typically look into, and who looks into them in times like this, as far as the new york police department, corresponding with homeland security? >> reporter: well, at this stage of an investigation like this. is largely in the hands of local authorities and the assistance of the fbi as susan has mentioned. but theyre monitoring the situation closely at this point in time to see ...

Collins live in washington with the latest on the investigation. nicole? >> reporter: hi, eric. the white house came out with a statement early this morning and in it we learned that the president was briefed at 10:45 last night and he asked his homeland security and counterterrorism advisor john brennan to communicate with the nypd about homeland support. janet napolitano was briefed last night as well and she was on "fox news sunday" this morning where she said the federal government is treati...

New york city police describe the bomb as potentially powerful. streets were cleared of tourists. a t-shirt vendor spots the pa pathfinder and alerted police. janet napolitano told me investigators are treating this as a potential terrorist attack. >> its more than a lot of nothing, but less than particular suspects, theres a lot of forensic information due in part to the placement of the vehicle, where it was. theres a lot of cameras, a lot of other things in that area that you dont have in oth...

Janet napolitano. interior secretary ken salazar and from new orleans the commandant of the coast guard, thad allen. i want to ask you about the car bomb, overnight, in times square, in new york city. new york governor david patterson is calling this an act of terrorism. >> we are considering it, it could be an act of terrorism, o-it was intended to be. and, so, everything in terms of investigation is being done, all the forensics are being done and all the leads are being pursued. and it is the...

Investigation a bit earlier on nbcs "meet the press." >> at this point, i have no information that its anything other than a one-off, but, again, the situation is it happened, the forensics are being done, the fbi and the department of homeland security along with the new york city police working together to identify whether there are any other acts going on. we dont have any information that there are right now. >> nbc justice correspondent pete williams. good morning. >> good morning, alex. >>...

Latest. nicole, are authorities closing in on any potential suspects? it seems to be that they had some leads and they have some fingerprints. what is the latest we know? >> they are trying. a senior u.s. official tells fox the investigation is still wide open in terms of who might be responsible, homeland security secretary janet napolitano was on "fox news sunday" this morning and said it is tucson to tell if it, too too soon to tell if it is home grown terrorism. >> all the for run sicks are ...

Off and that is when the bomb squad arrived, and a robotic arm retrieved the explosive twice, and, as i said, a few hours ago, the vehicle was -- has been removed from the scene and taken to a crime lab and there is great hope here and anticipation that because the car and the device are intact theyll find evidence here that the bombers thought would be destroyed. a short time ago, jrn, speaking on "fox news sunday," talked about the ongoing investigation. >> were certainly considering right now...

Swift and serious. nicole collins following the situation and joins us with more. >> they do not have a suspect just yet. homeland security secretary janet napolitano was on fox news sunday this morning where she said the federal government is treating this as a potential terrorist attack but she said its too soon to tell if this is a case of homegrown terrorism or if the attempted attack has links to foreign groups. the secretary said the investigation is a collaborative effort. >> everything i...