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Lets you hear it in your heart. [ basketball bouncing ] heart healthy. [ m'm... ] great taste. [ tapping ] sounds good. campbell's healthy request. m'm! m'm! good.® i was in the dining hall and the college came out and made an announcement that the finals, just this morning's finals or the 9:00 finals have been cancelled. i think people overall were elated in a sense because it does take a stressor off but people are concerned because it is a little bit, you know, it causes anxiety when one hears that explosive devices may be in places that you frequent. >> and that is a student at harvard ...

Particularly struck by what happened earlier this year in the boston marathon bombing. we have no indication that there is an association but that has raised the level of alertness and responsiveness to these issues in the region around boston. >> well, and again, we don't even know if this is a real threat in the sense this is completely unconfirmed. nothing to this point that has been reported has been found. but as you rightly point out, you have not just buildings that have a lot of chemicals this them or things that could be very explosive, but you also have a student body that's very sma...

Of hours. of course it does depend on the size of the building. and usually something like a science center, where there would likely be chemicals stored anywhere, that will take a little bit longer. and with four buildings, that will also lengthen the amount of time it will take to clear these buildings because there are somewhat limited resources to actually find explosives and using the resources the police have. so they're going to look at all the packages, anything which is unattended. they have got to get all the students out. but again, i think the level of calmness that we see in the v...

Lengthens the amount of time they have. would you say, michael, there's sort of a two-pronged investigation going on? one obviously is let's confirm whether or not these unconfirmed reports are true or false, but on the other hand, and we don't know whether this was a phone call or how these reports came in, but also trying to figure out where they came from simultaneously? >> exactly, chris. the first thing is public safety. lock the buildings down, evacuate people as they have to. search those sites and make sure there's there. the second as you describe it, how did this come in. how can the...

Set four different explosive devices and get out, when you see that many threats of that many devices from a profiling standpoint, you have to start thinking more on the side of a hoax as opposed to a real type of threat. and, chris, when you look at the four targets that have been named, two admin buildings, a dorm and a classroom building where final exams are going on, again, you have to think the primary target is likely that classroom building. the other three may very well be red herrings that are thrown in to try to make the situation sounding more serious. a quick example, chris, in ne...