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Resource office is thrown at this. >> we have agents from all over the country and national response team here. and we have canine explosion detection here. and we have intel research specialestest >> we have been working around-the-clock. again, the public safety is our number one priority. and we are providing all resources that we can to ginl leorred haves responsible for this. >> reporter: resources they need. they are relying on the public for. and asking anyone if you see something, say so...

>> the bomb squad blowing out another parked cars windows near union square. >> thats about 30 blocks south of times square. the nypd blocked off several streets and evacuated an apartment building after someone called in a suspicious parked car with gas canisters in the back. turns out the guy who owns the car does lawns. the streets are open and everything back to normal this morning. new york city police say theres been a 30% jump in suspicious package calls in the past couple of weeks. the...

Right now and the close proximity to last week you have to take every precaution. megyn: this is from our sister company "wall street journal" owned by the same company as we are saying since the botched bombing in times square last saturday the number of suspicious package calls to the police has skyrocketed by nearly a third. between sunday and wednesday police have checked out 493 suspicious packages compared with 381 in the period last year. but to me that does under score that this one perh...

Area. a beautiful day. crowds out enjoying the times square scene and someone left this bag with what turned out to be water and books but they didnt know until they could get a look. as a precaution they cleared a few blocks and pushed everybody back and clearly the response is as a result of whats been going on in the city for the past week. >> sure. >> i dont recall seeing a response that significant prior to saturday and, again, we see lots of suspicious package calls in this city. >> whats ...

Parked car with gas cans. a bomb squad blew out the windows. turns out the guy does lawn work. theres been a 30% jump in suspicious package calls in the last week. the center over the fight over money to prevent terrorism. new york lawmakers say they are cutting funds to keep the city safe and the white house insists the math is wrong. during a visit with the police force, president obama promised federal support. >> the country is proud of you. i know your mayor and commissioner is proud. you...