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The taliban in pakistan that the group posted on the islam in web site, saying it was responsible for the car bomb here in new yorks times square, and the commissioner said so far nothing whatsoever links the group to what happened there and in fact nothing can be ruled out and the commissioner said, too, there is a great deal of evidence that is now in the hands of authorities, they have the car, incendiary device and surveillance tape and he said they have identified the owner of the nissan pa...

Unoccupied vehicle. he alerted police officer wayne ratigad of the nypd mounted unit who was patrolling times square. officer ratigan saw the vehicle, a nissan path finder which had smokey merging from vents near the back seat. he also smelled gun powder. he, with the help of police officer assigned to operation impact immediately evacuated the area and called fort fire department and more police. firefighters, emergency service officers and the bomb squad responded and the bomb squad confirmed ...

>> it would have been deadly. i think had this suv, with all its parts -- its a nice-size -- a larger suv, the path finder. it would have killed a lot of people. injured lots of people. as the mayor said, the police commissioner said, new york was lucky, and new york city has been very, very lucky, and knows its always been a target of extremists and terrorists and people who want to bring new york city down because it represents everything that they fight against in their daily life. it represe...

6:30 this entire area had been evacuated. tourists not even allowed in their hotels. as for the investigation itself, i can tell you that at this hour the authorities are combing through the nissan path finder in which the explosive device was located looking for clues. this really a gift left behind by the bombers in that the authorities have the explosive device essentially intact as well as the vehicle itself. there are reports now they are trying to match fingerprints and they are also combi...

Movement of this vehicle. as well as who may have been seen fleeing the vehicle, itself. but authorities arent saying that because it had tipted windows right now it seems unlikely that any of the cameras were able to document who was inside this nissan pathfinder. now, as for other evidence here, authorities may have received what would amount to a gift from the would-be bombers. that is because the path finder and the incendiary device did not explode. they have the vehicle in itself removed f...

Vehicle on 45th street off 7th avenue blocks from where we are standing. alerted police officer wayne rategan of the nypd mounted unit on his horse patrolling times square. the officer saw the vehicle, a nissan path finder with smoke emerging from vents near the back and smelled gun powder. he with the help of police officers assigned to operation impact immediately evacuated the area and called for the fire department and more police. and firefighters and the bomb squad responded and confirmed ...

New york city trying to get back to normal today after an abnormal evening with times square being shut down because of a car bomb according to the mayor. an apparent car bomb was found down there left by someone. we do not know who and we do not know why it was left down there. let me tell you how this went down last night. at around 6:28 p.m. eastern, a nissan pathfinder was captured driving west on 45th street. it was captured by a nypd camera. two minutes later, a t -shirt vendor notices smo...

Professionals at the nypd and the fbi as well as the fire department and the office of emergency management for their work tonight. most of all, the alert vendor and officer ratigan of the mounted unit. we often say when a terrorist is caught, he has a map of new york city in his pocket. thats a conversation i had earlier tonight in washington and tonight is a further reminder of the dangers that we face. commissioner kelly? >> thank you, mr. mayor. nypd bomb squad has rendered safe and improvis...

Different programs that put heavily armed officers at sensitive areas around the city, be it times square, empire state building, and very valuable potential targets. and they flood those areas, unknown, and without warning, on a daily basis, on an hourly basis so that someone who is watching those areas, a potential terrorist, who is potentially picking -- doesnt know when the heavily armed officers are going to be there, and potentially thwart theyre attempt attack. >> were looking at the path...

The nypd. commissioner kelly will fill new on details. i wanted to thank the professionals as well as fire department and officer of emergency management tonight. most of all alert vendor and officer ratigan of the mounted unit. there is a conversation i had in washington z tonight is a further reminder of the dangers we face. commissioner kelly? >> thank you. nypd bomb squad rendered safe an improvized car bomb this evening inside of a dark green nissan path finder parked on 45th street and bro...