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During business hours. as you see there, we have some breaking news here for just a moment. our friends over at cnn who you will recall already this year were caught up in those mailed out pipe bombs had been victims of something else tonight, and that was at first a credible threat that they had a bomb in the building. cnn was in the midst of their live programming tonight. they switched back to tape of anderson cooper from an earlier hour. our own jonathan deenst, investigative reporter with...

Of something else tonight, and that was at first a credible threat that they had a bomb in the building. cnn was in the midst of their live programming tonight. they switched back to tape of anderson cooper from an earlier hour. our own jonathan deenst, investigative reporter with the sister station in new york wnbc, has been on the story tonight. and has the latest we know about this. hey, jonathan. >> hi, brian. the police are telling us it was an unsubstantiated telephone threat to the time w...

Our own jonathan deenst, investigative reporter with the sister station in new york wnbc, has been on the story tonight. and has the latest we know about this. hey, jonathan. >> hi, brian. the police are telling us it was an unsubstantiated telephone threat to the time warner center. the caller with a southern accent had claimed there were five bombs placed around the building. the security staff at the time warner center made the decision to evacuate as a precaution and call police in. we are t...

Down for us on this friday. nbcs rehema ellis is stationed outside the courthouse. here with me in the newsroom, wnbc chief investigative reporter, nbc news contributing correspondent who has been following this case from the very beginning, jonathan deenst. rehema, you managed to shout a few questions at weinsteins attorney after that court appearance. what did he tell you? what else did he say? >> well, im going to get to that in just a moment but i want to make mention of the spectacle that o...

And to the extent that there is bad behavior in that industry, that is not what this is about. bad behavior is not on trial in this case. its only if you intentionally committed a criminal act. and mr. weinstein vigorously denies that. >> they say that he did commit a criminal act -- >> i understand that. thats why were here. >> reporter: one of the things he also said was that he feels very strongly that his client, mr. weinstein, will be exonerated, he said, if they can pull together a group o...

Jonathan deenst what more have you learned? >> there was a bomb sniffing dog on the island that signaled a hit outside a locker area where visitors apparently can check bags and other belongings before entering the staut tu of liberty. because of that signal by this bomb sniffing dog as well as nonspecific bomb threat that was called into the nypd they are taking extraordinary precautions to evacuate the area and do a thorough search to make sure everything is safe. to be clear, no device no thr...

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