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Morning. So thats the latest here. The nypd bomb squad is inside our offices at Columbus Circle. The package was addressed to 10 Columbus Circle. We dont know who specifically it was addressed to. It did arrive. It was received in the mail room of the building. The staff there alerted authorities, alerted Building Security to the device, and thats when the nypd responded. Obviously they became really concerned almost immediately. Shimon, just very briefly, what do we know about the package that was delivered to the Time Warner Center . Why was it suspicious . What raised the alarm bells . Righ...

Want anybody close to it at all, as they move it. >> i would note, kate, our cameraman is holding his camera, being held by four of our producers, walking it on the tripod down the block. that's how urgently they wanted us to move. i asked one of the nypd containment officers back there, why is this? he said so they can move it. one would infer meaning the device. i will also tell you from a detective at the nypd who i've been speaking with, he just told me that the nypd also just sent out. what's called a heightened awareness message to all of their staff, all of the members of the nypd, just...

In. obviously no one is going anywhere any time soon. this is where we are right now, outside the time warner center. i want to go back over to washington and bring in shimon prokupecz. shimon, i have not been able to get a sense of timing here. obviously they have this under control. you don't sense anything is out of control. but i haven't been able to get a sense yet of the timing, where they are in terms of disposing of this device, clearing the area, clearing the building. what sense are you getting, shimon? >> yeah, i'm talking to nypd officials there on the ground. the sense i'm getting...

Important to point out, kate, is there could be other device out there. that's what's got authorities really concerned. police across the country now looking at this carefully, studying to make sure there are no other devices being sent to anyone else. obviously the big thing here is this seems to be someone that's targeting political folks. that has authorities concerned. they're looking at other people in the political world who may be targeted, sending out word to be cautious. the nypd in new york stepping up security at certain areas. certainly the police here in washington, d.c., the secr...

Over the country to be cautious. what we expect here, wolf, just to quickly update folks on the scene there, is that the police, the nypd, is going to be removing this package, this explosive device they have found at our offices and put it in this truck that you're seeing on the right of our screen here. then it will be driven to the bronx, where it will likely be detonated. then they can really begin the investigation into exactly what this device is made of. but authorities in new york are extremely concerned. they know what they're dealing with. they say this seems to be similar to the oth...