UPDATE: CNN’s New York staff is being let back in to the network’s New York headquarters after being evacuated late Thursday night due to a bomb threat.

CNN’s Brian Stelter tweeted that the headquarters had been evacuated while the NYPD investigated. No explosives were found, the NYPD said.

The network aired taped programming due to the disruption, including “Anderson Cooper 360” on the East Coast.

Stelter also tweeted that 58th Street outside the company’s Columbus Circle headquarters was closed down by police to traffic.

CNN anchor Don Lemon tweeted that CNN’s floor in the Time Warner Center was evacuated in the middle of his nightly live show.

We were evacuated in the middle of my live show. Bomb threat. We’re running taped programming. NYPD is investigating. Stay tuned. #cnn #nypd — Don Lemon (@donlemon) December 7, 2018

The NYPD is investigating a bomb threat near CNN NYC's office at Columbus Circle. Due to the threat, the office has been evacuated. Right now CNN is airing taped programming due to the disruption. — Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) December 7, 2018

I was at Whole Foods, in the basement of the sprawling Time Warner Center complex, when I heard sirens upstairs. Now 58th St is closed off. pic.twitter.com/DEg3cW5eBB — Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) December 7, 2018</s>(CNN) Police and CNN have issued an all-clear message after the network's New York offices and studios were evacuated Thursday night because of a phoned-in bomb threat.

"The NYPD has now given us the all clear, and employees have been permitted to return to the building,"CNN Worldwide president Jeff Zucker said in an internal memo to staff. "The building is secure and safe for everyone to return in the morning."

"We appreciate the swift action by the local authorities, and the patience and professionalism of all the employees who were impacted."

The threat was not substantiated, the New York Police Department tweeted.

The threat came Thursday night when a caller indicated there were five devices in the building, according to a law enforcement source.

Read More</s>NEW YORK — CNN was forced to evacuate its offices in New York late Thursday night after a caller claimed there were five explosive devices in the building, according to reports.

Police searched the building and gave an “all clear” just before midnight, NBC News reports.

The bomb threat was called in at 10:07 p.m., police say.

According to CNN, network employees evacuated the offices in the Time Warner Center building. Don Lemon’s “CNN Tonight” was in a commercial break and was replaced with taped programming during the evacuation.

In October, CNN and several Democratic politicians were targeted in a wave of pipe bombs sent by mail. The devices did not detonate and there were no injuries. A Florida man, Cesar Sayoc, was arrested in connection with the threats and indicted on more than 30 federal counts.

To comment on this story, visit Thursday’s crime and courts comment section.</s>WABC-TV(NEW YORK) — The Time Warner Center in Manhattan, New York, which houses CNN, was evacuated after someone called in a bomb threat late Thursday, New York ABC station WABC reported.

After a sweep of the building, police did not find any explosives and employees were allowed back inside the building just after 11 p.m. CNN security also searched and found nothing.

Several CNN employees were tweeting about the incident. Host Don Lemon said he was evacuated while his show was on-air.

Chris Cuomo also tweeted about the incident, but said employees expected to be allowed back into the building “ASAP.”

CNN was also evacuated just two months ago after a pipe bomb was sent to the building and intercepted in the mail room. That package was addressed to former CIA Director John Brennan, who was a contributor to the network for a time.

Cesar Sayoc, a Florida resident, was arrested for allegedly sending that bomb, as well as a number of others, to prominent Democrats, including Hillary Clinton, Cory Booker and Maxine Waters. Sayoc was indicted last month.

The building is located in Columbus Circle at the southwest corner of Central Park. It also includes residences, a Whole Foods store and a number of high-end stores, such as Michael Kors, Swarovski, Cole Haan and Coach.

President Donald Trump, who has made a political career of attacking CNN, had actually just tweeted about “fake news” the same hour of the bomb threat. He has repeatedly referred to CNN by that moniker.</s>CNN’s New York offices and studios have been evacuated due to a phoned bomb threat, the company said.

Several fire alarm bells rang inside CNN’s New York newsroom, signaling an evacuation shortly after 10:30 p.m.

Staffers evacuated the building and Don Lemon’s “CNN Tonight” was taken off the air and the network temporarily went to taped programming.

“We were told to evacuate the building and to do it as soon as possible. We grabbed what we could and got out of the building and now, we are standing outside of the building,” Lemon said.

“All of the employees, all the people who were in the building as we were doing our live broadcast are out of the Time Warner Center now,” he added.

Numerous police and fire department trucks have blocked all vehicle and pedestrian traffic on West 58th Street between 8th and 9th Avenue due to a police investigation at Columbus Circle, where the Time Warner Center is located, the New York Police Department tweeted.

The network’s bureau in the Time Warner Center was evacuated in October after a package with an explosive device, addressed to former CIA Director John Brennan, was discovered, officials said.

This is a developing story – more to come</s>(CNN) –CNN’s New York offices and studios have been evacuated because of a phoned-in bomb threat, the company said.

The threat came Thursday night when a caller indicated there were five devices in the building, according to a law enforcement source.

Several fire alarm bells rang inside CNN’s New York newsroom, signaling an evacuation shortly after the call was received.

Staffers evacuated the CNN New York offices in the Time Warner Center building and Don Lemon’s “CNN Tonight,” which had been on a commercial break, was taken off the air and the network temporarily went to taped programming.

“We were told to evacuate the building and to do it as soon as possible. We grabbed what we could and got out of the building and now, we are standing outside of the building,” Lemon said.

“All of the employees, all the people who were in the building as we were doing our live broadcast are out of the Time Warner Center now,” he added.

Numerous police and fire department trucks have blocked all vehicle and pedestrian traffic on West 58th Street between 8th and 9th Avenue due to a police investigation at Columbus Circle, where the Time Warner Center is located, the New York Police Department tweeted.

A bomb squad is on standby outside the building as police officers search the offices, a law enforcement source said.

The network’s bureau was evacuated in October after a package with an explosive device, addressed to former CIA Director John Brennan, was discovered, officials said.

That package was among more than a dozen improvised explosive devices sent to prominent Democratic politicians and donors around the country in October. None of the devices detonated, and no one was injured.

Suspect Cesar Sayoc, 56, was charged with five federal crimes and is currently in custody waiting for trail. If convicted, he could receive up to 48 years in prison.</s>CNN’s New York offices and studios have been evacuated due to a phoned bomb threat, the company said.

Several fire alarm bells rang inside CNN’s New York newsroom, signaling an evacuation shortly after 10:30 p.m.

Staffers evacuated the building and Don Lemon’s “CNN Tonight” was taken off the air.

In the meantime, the network has gone to taped programming.

Numerous police and fire department trucks have blocked all vehicle and pedestrian traffic on West 58th Street between 8th and 9th Avenue due to a police investigation at Columbus Circle, where the Time Warner Center is located, the New York Police Department tweeted.

The network’s bureau in the Time Warner Center was evacuated in October after a package with an explosive device, addressed to former CIA Director John Brennan, was discovered, officials said.</s>“We were evacuated in the middle of my live show. Bomb threat. We’re running taped programming. NYPD is investigating. Stay tuned,” CNN anchor Don Lemon tweeted this Thursday night after his newsroom was cleared in the wake of a bomb threat.

Alarm bells began ringing inside the New York CNN building just after 10:30 p.m. ET, according to CNN. Don Lemon’s CNN Tonight was taken off the air mid-broadcast as staffers fled the building.

West 58th Street, between 8th and 9th, was blocked to all vehicle and pedestrian traffic Thursday night as police and fire trucks arrived on scene. This is where the Time Warner Center is located, and the police are conducting the investigation. This is where CNN headquarters are located, according to Variety.

CNN is one of over 10 targets that received a bomb in October through the mail. Cesar Sayoc, a Florida resident, was arrested for sending the bombs on October 27, according to CBS News. Sayoc targeted Democratic politicians and entities considered to be in opposition of Donald Trump, the sitting president.

Sayoc was indicted on more than 30 charges, and could spend more than 50 years in prison. None of his bombs detonated, and no was injured.

Soon after news broke of the bomb threat Thursday night, Twitter users pointed out that Donald Trump called CNN “fake news — enemy of the people” minutes before CNN was evacuated.

Trump has often called CNN fake news in the past, and famously banned CNN reporter Jim Acosta from White House press briefings recently. Shortly thereafter, a judge ordered the White House to restore Acosta’s credentials.

By 11:30 p.m. Thursday night, CNN was back with live programming, but not from the New York studio. Anchors began broadcasting from the street while still surrounded by emergency vehicles. The NYPD is still actively investigating the scene, and as of this writing, the Time Warner building is still empty.

According to CNN anchors, there are potentially up to five bombs hidden somewhere in the Time Warner Center. As of Thursday night, the news network had little information about the threats due to the ongoing investigation. The bomb squad will want to go over the building with extreme care, and will not allow people back inside until all dangers have been assessed. This could take hours, leaving CNN on the street for most of the night.

CNN’s response to the threat and determination to continue broadcasting, even from the street outside the studio, is nothing short of heroic. CNN was the first 24-hour cable news channel on the air, with a history that dates to 1980.</s>The Time Warner Center building in the city of New York in the United States that houses the offices and studios of CNN was evacuated on Thursday night after the police received a call about a bomb threat. The New York Police Department allowed employees to return to the building after a search operation, CNN reported.

The New York Police Department said it received the call at 10.07 pm on Thursday (8.37 am on Friday in India) about the bomb threat. After combing through the channel’s offices, the police said the “threat was not substantiated”.

An unideintified law enforcement official said the caller had indicated there were five explsoive devices in the building.

CNN host Don Lemon tweeted that employees were evacuated in the middle of his live show. “We were told to evacuate the building and to do it as soon as possible,” Lemon said. “We grabbed what we could and got out of the building and now, we are standing outside of the building.”

The netowrk said it ran taped programming for half an hour and then went live from the street while the police investigated.

CNN’s bureau was evacuated two months ago after a package with an explosive device addressed to former CIA Director John Brennan, who was a contributor to the network at the time, was discovered.

Cesar Sayoc, who allegedly mailed a series of handmade bombs to Democrats and critics of President Donald Trump, was arrested and charged with five counts of federal crime.</s>A building in New York City that includes CNN was evacuated because of a phoned-in bomb threat Thursday night, according to police and a reporter at the network.

The New York Police Department tweeted that a bomb threat was called into the Time Warner Center in Columbus Circle, where CNN is located, at around 10:35 p.m., and that the threat had not been substantiated and police were "performing a comprehensive sweep-and-search of the facility."

A police spokesman said the phoned-in threat claimed there were five devices planted around the building, and an NYPD sergeant in consultation with CNN security decided to evacuate the building as a precaution.

A preliminary search by security and their dogs found nothing, and the NYPD was conducting a search as a precaution, the police spokesperson said.

Brian Stelter, a reporter for the network, said on Twitter that the offices were evacuated and that CNN went into taped programming. CNN host Don Lemon tweeted, "We were evacuated in the middle of my live show" due to a bomb threat.

CNN went to live programming from another location and Lemon said in a phone interview with the network that not only did the threat disrupt his program but “it’s also disrupted the entire neighborhood.”*

In October, CNN was targeted in a wave of pipe bombs mailed to the network as well as to prominent critics of President Donald Trump. None of the devices exploded and there were no injuries.

The suspect, Cesar Sayoc, of Florida, was arrested and indicted on more than 30 federal counts, including use of a weapon of mass destruction, and he faces up to life in prison if convicted.

"It’s kind of a repeat situation of what we went through in October,” Lemon said on CNN.

On Thursday night shortly after 10 p.m. Trump tweeted "FAKE NEWS - THE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE!" Trump frequently uses the term to denigrate some media organizations, including CNN.
CNN evacuates the Time Warner Center in New York City during CNN Tonight with Don Lemon after a bomb threat was called into the building.