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Clear. there was some sense in which i felt a genuine threat from the men you were working with. these were fellow contractors. is that right? >> it was both contractors and agency staff. >> and agency staff. you're saying they -- they out of essentially anti-gay animus from the beginning they knew you were openly gay, they treated you differently, and out of that animus, they left you on a mountain and drove off? >> it's -- yeah in a nutshell that's basically what happened. yeah. they did come back and pick me up. >> what were the circumstances? you were there essentially doing a security swe...

Yeah. they did come back and pick me up. >> what were the circumstances? you were there essentially doing a security sweep, right? you got out of the vehicle and they just got in the vehicle and drove off? >> actually i had asked everyone to load up this vehicle, because i needed to test -- i was in charge of the fleet out there, so i needed to test this vehicle, because we were going to put some new equipment in it. it was rather heavy. i needed about eight guys, four in the cab and four guise in the back of the truck. it got to a particularly dangerous part of a mountain trail. i decided to ...

Want to bring in pete williams with some new details about the first security sweep. what can you tell us? >> well the security sweep is over. the first sweep is over. the initial sweep of the building where the report was that there was a suspicious person or that shots were fired. no gunman has been found. no signs of a shooting has been found. no blood no victims, no reports of injuries nothing like that. all clear is the initial assessment. now they'll go through again, the building more detailed. go through each room more carefully. back to you. >> and obviously, this being a military ins...

This is a fox news alert. a strong earthquake rocking nepal. the 7.9 magnitude quake could be felt in the capital. there are reports of heavy damage with toppled walls and collapsed buildings. you can see photos here. rescue teams are there at the scene right now. there are reports of injuries, but no deaths so far. the quake could also be felt in neighboring india. all is clear at the statue of liberty after a bomb scare on friday afternoon. the threat came from someone who called fine-1-1 and said they were going to blow up the landmark. hundreds of visitors had to evacuate by boat as a pr...

Statue because of heavy winds. we're told it's being evacuated and a security sweep is being done. no word on why or when this started. no word on if boats to and from the island are are up and running at this time. just to be on the record about the statue of liberty being evacuated now. no update on the status why. real quickly we got this in now. parks police reporting a suspicious package. from our wnbc affiliate, our investigative reporter saying as precaution, security protocols are taken. the nypd bomb squad is in route to investigate. nothing to suggest credible will threats. caution t...