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Make sure the public is safe. then he will consult with the intelligence community. but his first responsibility and what he's concentrating on is the safety of the public and making sure this device fit is a device is rendered safe. megyn: thank you so much. if you could stand by we'll come to you again as needed. we'll go live to david lee miller who is live on the scene. what have you learned? >> reporter: a few minutes ago i saw the bomb squad in front of what new yorkers would know as the discounts in times square. he is suited up and prepared to work. they have taken a gurney and put it ...

There is still is a speak to you now bringing in more manpower. still not clear if this is a serious threat it's worth noting, but it bears repeating, there has been a spike in the number of 911 calls of suspicious packages in the city. and the question to be raised if this cooler were found a week ago today, what would the response have been. most likely most people would have ignored it. but this is a city that is have much on edge. meg where put it in perspective for us. you can see this pedestrian island we have been talking about with the ticket booth on it. what do you see? we saw men in...

Opinion piece calling president obama the more liesing -- moralizer in chief. >> reporter: i he said public leaders out to treat other people in the process with the respect that they would like to be treated with themselves. and i thought it was a pretty good message. my problem is not with the message it's what has the president done beyond his words to encourage that kind of behavior? the president's actions are more powerful than the president's words. as good as the president's words are they are not matched by his actions. we never even heard the mildest of rebukes for a democratic back ...

Location. then they the other end of the motor lobby blocked off as well. i would say this, megyn. i don't know if this is going to turn out to be anything or not. i don't know if it's a false alarm. hopefully in the end it is. people don't seem to have a great sense of urgency. they want to make sure people stay away to insure the safety of the public and the folks coming in and out of this hotel. if the hotel was a target, they picked a bad corner. way to get in and out of the hotel is not on the avenue side, but it's on the street side where the foot traffic is moving through the hotel. wha...

Officer? it's opened? the streets are open and joining the thousands of pedestrians being kept back behind the barricades and we are reentering times square. the yellow police tape is still up around the perimeter. and as much as possible like an incident like this times square is beginning to return to normal. megyn: we are confirming with the nypd that the package has been rendered safe. >> reporter: i'm look at the package right now. an officer is carrying it out. green bag. dozens of cameras chasing after it. that's not very large. obviously walk up to a lot of people. we still don't know ...