parliament was under rncp lockdown.yourself were evacuated. >> across the street, not that street. >> employees at cpac were among the thousands ordered onto the streets for fear of some unknown impending attack. ♪ >> by late morning, cpac personnel were permitted to return to the building to resume coverage of the unfolding events in the united states in concert with our american colleagues at c-span. >> i'm peter van duesen in ottawa. we will return to c-span's continuing coverage of the terrorist attacks in new york and washington but we want to also give you a sense of how canadian officials have reacted to today's events. in a few minutes we'll hear from rncp representative but first let's listen to the prime minister. >> i would like to thank canadians who have kept their calm in these last four hours. and that we hope that the situation will come to a little bit more normality quickly. >> in the hours after the attacks, the prime minister was on the phone with key cabinet ministers, formulating canada's response