I guess the irony there he was fine on the iphone and the skype, and when we got to the satellite truck some issues there. Outside the Time Warner Center there in new york, the all clear has been given after the police sweep of the building. They found nothing suspicious. This after a call coming into the center there around 9 40 p. M. , claiming that five devices had been planted inside the building. That is when security decided to evacuate the center. Everyone came out. We saw don lemon outside the building broadcasting a short time ago alongside Brian Stelter and our other colleagues who basically were forced to leave their onair program at the time to go outside the building and continue broadcasting. What we know right now is that this of course is a secure area. They did have a bomb squad planted on the scene just in case there were in fact any suspicious dices. After the building was checked, theyve determined it is now safe and for everyone to head former Deputy Director of the u. S. Assistant director of the u. S. Marshals. I guess the problem a lot of people have watching your coverage of this were giving this guy who phoned in this bomb threat pretty much everything he wanted, he got the publicity and all the rest. Is this what this guy wanted, the publicity for calling in this bomb threat . They generally do. But unfortunately in this day and age you have to react this way. And nypd did exactly what they were supposed to do. Now, theyre telling us Law Enforcement is telling us they think the call came down from the south somewhere, which leads me to believe they probably know exactly where this phone call came from. They had the bomb squad standing by. They brought in the pd, the Emergency Response unit or ems, and generally they have k9s with those units and they swept the building actually fairly quickly considering the size of the Time Warner Center and surrounding buildings. But unfortunately this is the day and age we live in. You talked about they knew this call came from down south. Also coming from down south back in october, you know, the pipe bombs that were sent out to a number of addresses, former president s and former officials within the Obama Administration and also cnn, which i guess is why there was so much heightened awareness or such a heightened reaction to all of this. Yeah, exactly. Unfortunately, our colleagues at cnn are very familiar with this in new york city. And they went through this same roundabout a month ago where they had to evacuate the building due to pipe bombs actually showing up in the mailroom. So theyre not nypds not going to take any chances. Security at time warner was excellent. The minute they got the phone call they called it in, and they were told to evacuate the building. The fire alarm was pulled and they got out of there. Im just very glad that don, shimon, brian and samantha, everybodys okay there at the cnn building. Explain how this investigation would work because if someone you know, there are no longer pay phones, i guess. Youre very lucky if you find a public pay phone out there. So someone has to call this in from a land line or cellphone or somewhere, and that leaves some kind of fingerprint or some kind of clue behind for investigators. So how do they pick it up from there to find out who may have done this . There are still some coin booths around, pay phones around in the u. S. But the its very difficult to cover up this type of callin anymore. So when they say its coming in from down south im fairly sure that Law Enforcement has a pretty good idea of the location where it came from if not the exact location, so theyll have Law Enforcement out there right away looking to see, you know, was this a cellphone, was it one of the few pay phones left in the u. S. , was it made from a landline. So Law Enforcement all over this, and nypd is just about the best at this in the world. So i have no doubt theyre pretty much onto this. And they had the bomb squad standing by, which indsicaticat me they knew right out front well do the search, if we come across a suspicious package then well bring the bomb squad actually in. You gave us information who may be behind this and exactly what Law Enforcement could be doing at this hour. Our Law Enforcement analyst and don lemon is back with us along with shimon procupez. Were Still Standing outside, and im waiting to get the all clear to be able to go back up if possible to my studio and control room. The folks are there because the people who were evacuated were evacuated from the posts that we need to get on the air. And so we need to make sure that i can get on the air properly before they send us back up stairs. Theres still some Police Presence out front but maybe ten minutes ago, maybe 15, we got the all clear to go back into the building. The bulk of the folks who work here at the Time Warner Center have been able to go back into the building. And just to, you know, give you an idea of how big this building is, its not just cnn thats in this building, there are a number of different businesses including our sister businesses trutv, tnt and others. Its quite a big building and takes up an entire city block here. Simone procupez or crime and justice reporter has been working with pd to get information. They took this seriously as they always will, but they were in the building for quite some time. In order for them to evacuate a media company, a building like this that is big undertaking for the nypd and thats not something, probably a decision they made lightly because they had to know we were on the air here at the time they were going to evacuate. But clearly there was something that concerned them greatly to do this kind of an evacuation on just a phoned in bomb threat is not something that the nypd takes its not a decision they take lightly. So clearly they were very concerned here given the climate, given the history, given what we have been through already with those other package bombs, the one that was mailed here to us in new york and also the one in atlanta. And so that was on their mind when they went ahead and made this decision to evacuate. Look, its not often that the nypd evacuates buildings like this because of phoned in bomb threats. They said it came from the south. And if they have that information they probably know specifically where it came from, and yulgtsy in these situations people think theyre being funny and theyll get away with it. This is federal crime and they usually get caught. There have been many stories like this of people doing these kinds of things from other parts of the world. Like there was a guy in israel who was doing phoned in bomb threats causing all sorts of disruptions. And that person was captured. Remember the schools that were getting threats. So these kinds of things the fbi will investigate and will try and prospeople once they figure out whos behind this because it causes panic, causes concern and creates fear in people. Especially given what our staff, what our fellow employees here, our coworkers have been through already when we had that first evacuation and when they found that bomb in the mailroom just right through these doors here. This is going to be an investigation. I know the nypd intelligence, their analysts are on this, the Intelligence Division is working this and probably the fbi. Youre seeing more Police Officers coming out now. And so, you know, theyre essentially over for now this is over but the investigation is going to just begin. Well, the evacuation part is over but the investigation part as you said will continue on. Can you imagine what this does to the people who work in this building. And again you think, oh, this is cnn and there may be some people at home going its great, cnn was but its not just cnn. Its a number of people who work in this building. People who live in the area, people who will be concerned about their safety. The disruption on the street, right . Its not even that. Its as we were leaving the building im sure whats going through everyones head was what was going through mine, what happens if a bomb is in this building, who do i need to call first, what do i need to tell them . Those are all real issues, and again i fear that this is going to become the new normal. Well, and especially when you have this kind of response and youre seeing the person who called this in is getting exactly the response that they wanted, is getting the reaction. You were forced off the air, don. Your staff was forced out of the control room. Folks were forced to leefave th building. We had to go off the air. We had to go into programming. You know, theres a lot that this and taxpayers are paying for this. And also the businesses here and the Time Warner Center right next door. This is the third or fourth time probably in the last two months theyve been evacuated. Probably hundreds of thousands of dollars to these businesses people were out for dinner who probably had to leave their tables in the middle of dinner because of Something Like this. Its a hoax, right, but it causes a lot of problems. We walked into a restaurant and there were people there, some of them the people that were there had to stay, the other people who wanted to go into the restaurant and have dinner, maybe they had reservations, maybe they were here for an event, they couldnt get to it. Because the Police Closed off the street, and we couldnt leave the street. Because if we left the street we couldnt get back in. So there was a lot of concern by the police here. Look, they did what they had to do here, and it could be the new norm, youre right. Its scary. Im so glad that i had you here with me but again were smiling now and we can. For the longest time we werent able to smile. Im not even sure exactly what time it is now. So its almost been two hours. So, listen, on the other side of the break were going to report more on this. Maybe youll see me here on the street. Maybe ill be back in my studio, but again a bomb threat called in to cnn in new york, and we were forced to evacuate the building, taken off the air. And here we are two hours into it. And well find out whats going on after this break. Dont go anywhere. Im don lemon live in new york with shimon. Well be back right after this. The greatest wish of all. Is one that brings us together. The lincoln wish list event is here. Sign and drive off in a new lincoln with 0 down, 0 due at signing, and a complimentary first months payment. Only at your lincoln dealer. Andback pain cant win. St months payment. Now introducing aleve back and muscle pain. Only aleve targets tough pain for up to 12 hours with just one pill. Aleve back muscle. All day strong. All day long. If you have moderate to thsevere rheumatoid arthritis, month after month, the clock is ticking on irreversible joint damage. Ongoing pain and stiffness are signs of joint erosion. Humira can help stop the clock. 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The threat came when a caller said there were five devices in the building. Thats according to a Law Enforcement source. Again, five devices in the bidding. Now we weve been given the all clear. Lets get back to business now. Kevin hart has stepped down from hosting this years oscars. He put out a statement on twitter tonight saying i have made the choice to step down from hosting this years oscars. This is because i do not want to be a distraction on a night that should be celebrated by so many amazing talented artists. I sincerely apologize to the lgbtq for my insensitive words from the past. My goal is to bring us together, not tear us apart. Much love to the appreciation for the academy and i hope we can meet again. Brian stelter is our cnn media correspondent chief media anchor, i should say. You know, i have not seen this happen in the history of the oscars. A host was announced just two days ago and now that host is saying, sorry, i dont want to be a part of this. If you dont want me, im leaving. It was actually kind of hard for the academy to find a host for the oscars this year. There was a lot of buzz in the entertainment world how nobody wanted to host the oscars anymore. Its a nowin job. But kevin hart said, hey, ive wanted to do this all my life, all my career, im onboard for this and he announced on instagram this week he was going to be the host on the most important night from hollywood. But hes said hes no longer going to be partnershipinicipat. And the reason is concern on twitter, other social networks about homophobic things he said in the past. He did post things back in 2009, 2010, 2011, there were a number of ugly posts in his past. Hes apologized for that in the past. Hes said some of this is trying to be funny, hes a comedian after all, but theres some concern for groups saying this is inappropriate. The academy, they asked him to apologize. What kevin hart is saying he doesnt want to have to apologize again, hes addressed this in the past. He says he doesnt want to let the internet trolls to win, he doesnt want to reward them and so hes backing out of the oscars. He posted video on instagram and said earlier, listen, if you want to search my history or past and anger yourselves with what you find, that is fine with he. Im almost 40 years old and im in love with the man that i am becoming. And then he went onto say this, heres the video. I swear, man, our world is becoming beyond crazy. Im not going to let the craziness fr craziness frustrate me or anger me especially when i worked hard to get the mental space i am at now. My team calls me, oh, my god, the world is upset by tweets you did years ago. Oh, my god. Guys, im almost 40 years old. If you dont believe people change, grow, evolve as they get older, i dont know what to tell you. If you want to hold people in a position where they always have to justify or explain their past then do you. Im the wrong guy, man. Im in a great place, a great mature place where all i do is spread positivity. If youre not doing that, youre not on my page. Okay, so then there you go. Heres the thing, brian, the response that he put out just now was the appropriate response. And i dont mean the stepping down part. But i am really sorry if i have caused hurt and pain, i needed to be educated about something. I am evolving. That was the proper response to do initially. And again people do evolve on issues. We should give people leeway in that. But was that the right way to respond initially through that video . Right, to try to talk through it, to try to explain but also blaming it on internet trolls and people looking for outrage. Yes, we live in an outrage culture right now, but is that really the issue when it comes to this . I think you are onto something really important. What he said in this brand new statement was pointblank no ifs or buts, i sincerely apologize, im sorry i hurt people. But youre right in that video it was different. He said if i can prevent my son from being gay i will, those are deeply offensive comments. By the way, i dont think he was always joking in those comments. As you said people are evolving, and i think his Statement Today was very strong. Hes saying the right things by saying he sincerely apologizes. And notice the end of the statement, is i hope we can meet again. Maybe hes leaving a little wiggle room here to say hell remain in the oscars but hes officially stepping down. Its a big deal to get to the host the oscars i