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>> we're hearing a suspicious package. parts of times square are evacuated. >> this is all about a cooler that has been left in front of the marriott marquee hotel on broadway between 45th and 46th streets, right smack in the middle of times square. >> i'm right in the middle of broadway. this is 47th street right behind me. you can still see there are cars going behind me. but beyond that, you can see that times square is -- >> i've confirmed with the new york police department that the bomb squad has deployed its robot that is doing an x-ray of that cooler. >> an all-clear is about to happen...

Overhead cam in new york city in times square. this is where it is we're being told my allan chernoff making his way to the scene now, that it is at -- this is google earth. 45th and broadway. 45th and broadway. it's called the cross roads to the world right there. 45th, broadway, they all intersect in times square. we have our overhead picture back. allan was talking about times square being very busy at this hour. and, of course, it is. but you're looking at that section right there that is cordoned off and police are keeping people well back. there's still some traffic that looks like it is...

You said it's, you know, less than a week after the -- or a week from the -- the incident in times square, so there's a great deal of vigvigilance. >> stand by, ali, i want to update the viewers it's the top of the hour. make sure you please stand by. our ali velshi is down in times square now, 47th and broadway. julian cummins is a producer down there as well. viewers, if you're just tuning in, we got word just about 30 minutes ago of a suspicious package in times square. part of times square have been evok waited and cordoned off by police and police have confirmed to cnn that it was a sus...

Night. the ap is quoting a television show, several streets clear and police didn't immediately provide further details except what they're doing there right now in times square. the initial report. susan candiotti, you mentioned that robot, that they were sending out there, send out fot from the bomb squad. they're sending that out now. jump in here, what do you want to say? >> reporter: well, i was going to say that if allan didn't say this earlier i might have missed that, but he just sent us a message that, in fact, times square is cleared out from 47th street toot least 44th street. so, o...

Closed an clear, according to an obama administration official. this incident happening in times square. susan, hey, listen, stand by. we may need to get back to you in just a little bit. i want to just report what we know here on cnn. thank you, susan. as we look at these live pictures now from times square, we want to tell you that according to our allan chernoff, 44th, between 44th and 47th streets have been shut down in times square and evacuated. allan chernoff is, again, reporting on the scene down there. you saw susan candiotti in new york as well. that was because of a suspicious packa...