To cnn certainly had that. Were also learning the president is being briefed on all of this this morning. Lets go to a very active scene here in the middle of a busy new york city on a friday morning. National correspondent Jason Carroll is there. To locate you for our viewers, you are at 52nd street and eighth avenue. Six blocks south of cnn. In fact, i can almost see our building from where im standing here on 52nd and eighth avenue. And just so you know, poppy, were just now hearing that that suspicious package, again, located at the postal facility here on 52nd street and eighth avenue, that suspicious package expected to be moved very shortly is what were hearing. Moved very much in a similar way that we saw earlier this week from the package that was removed from the cnn building, and that special vehicle that can hold explosive devices. Again, this package discovered called in early this morning here from this postal facility. I spoke to a postal worker here, asked her what happened. She said we just heard that someone saw something. We were told to evacuate the building and we did it in an orderly fashion. I also had an opportunity to speak to john miller, the deputy with counterterrorism, and he said what theyre going to do is follow the same protocol they followed earlier this week. They bring in all the investigators and we have a myriad of investigators here from fbi, nypd, state police, bomb sniffing dogs, all here at the scene. They isolate the suspicious package, move it out as best they can. Interview all those who came in contact with it to get whatever information they can get from those people to add to their investigation. So thats the scene right here at 52nd and eighth avenue. You can see the street here is cordoned off. A number of folks here who were trying to get to work, trying to get back to their apartment buildings here on 52nd street, trying to sort out whats going on, but again, this investigation very much now under way. Jason carroll, thanks very much. Just in to cnn, and as youre watching, thats live pictures of a containment vessel carrying the suspected explosive device, a now familiar scene. We saw the same kind of vehicle pulling away from cnn on wednesday. Another package delivered there. We understand that the new York Police Department is going to brief shortly with what they know at this point. And of course, well bring that to you live. Meanwhile, i want to go to Shimon Prokupecz who has been on this since day one. You look at a picture of this package, virtually identical to the others sent, florida address, florida misspelled. The outside virtually identical. Do police, do authorities have a sense of whether the inside contained the same kind of device . Yes, they do. So based on the weight, obviously, the bomb squad has xrayed the package and the belief is its exactly or at least just to be safe similar to what we have seen in some of the other packages that have been delivered. Certainly, theyre treating it the same way. Theyre not taking any chances here. They feel that its safe to move. And thats what theyre doing. Its interesting enough. We have been seeing images of this other truck that the nypd is using. This is a different kind. Its exactly the same thing. Its just being towed by an Emergency Services unit vehicle, but that is exactly the same thing they have been doing. Now, with the third suspicious package here in new york city. And really, jim, when you think about it, the bomb squad in this case really knows what theyre looking for now. They have seen the other devices. They have now had to deal with three similar devices. They know exactly what theyre dealing with. This device is going to make its way up to the bronx. As did the others. They will then look through it. They will do whatever they need to do to pull some of the frenzing evidence, perhaps, from it, and then theyre going to secure it, and its going to go to the fbi, just like the others did. At some point, the fbi will take custody of it and it will make its way to quantico, virginia. Heres another piece of evidence in this entire investigation, which im telling you, jim, is growing. And Law Enforcement feels pretty confident about where things stand. And i think having all this evidence is going to prove very helpful to investigators. Okay. Again, that is significant, shimon. Obviously, youre, you know, theres only so much you know from your sources and you can share, but that is significant because its a very different tone than we heard yesterday in terms of really they had no leads and they feel more confident now. The sorting facility, it seems, has changed a lot. Thats the sorting facility in florida. Having now that they know where or at least where they think the packages originated from some of them in the florida area, has changed the game for them. Whether or not theyre closer or moving in towards a person who is behind this, we dont know. But suffice it to say, theres a lot of activity ongoing in the south florida area. Poppy, as im looking at this total containment vessel, which as shimon pointed out, is towed by the Emergency Services unit of the new York Police Department, a couple important things to understand here for the viewers. The purpose of that device, that vessel, that white orb were seeing on the screen right now, is to prevent the three things that a bomb does or could potentially do. The first is the overpressure. That thing is designed to keep that pressure and bleed it off safely. Secondly, the shrapnel. We know there were glass fragments put in some of the devices. Thirdly, the thermal effect, because bombs cause fires. I think this is, as shimon pointed out, this is a blessing to us in the fact that first, nobody is hurt, but secondarily, investigators now have 12 unexploded devices. Typically what happens in investigations where there was a bomb, and i have been on the site of many of them over the years, is that the evidence is destroyed. In this instance, because the bomb is intact or the bomb parts are intact, evidence will be recovered. I was standing in the crater in the World Trade Center in february of 1993 when they recovered the partial vin of a truck that had been used there. So very key here. Its very difficult to recover evidence when explosions go off. We have a lot of it now in intact devices. Jay, as you tell that story, i remember the pan am plane blew up over scotland, and they discovered a piece, i believe it was a radio, amazingly, having exploded many thousands of feet up, a piece of radio which led them to where the explosive was hidden there. The advantage here, of course, is these devices did not explode so you have a device with a whole heck of a lot of intel you can clean from it. Sam, when you hear from our colleague Shimon Prokupecz there that the fbi, that Law Enforcement is becoming confident that they made significant progress, what does that tell you in terms of getting closer to who the people or persons behind this . I think its huge for the investigators on the ground to essentially be able to get to that transfer point. In my view, the transfer of those devices at whatever mail facility theyre able to focus in on, thats going to be the key here. You know, were they all 12 mailed at the same time or the person went to the mail facility at the same time or done at different times of the day . Either way, its going to provide a significant benefit to investigators, and now that you have a geographical area they can focus in on, theres a ton of things they can do. As we mentioned before, Surveillance Footage at the mail facility, these are some of the most secure federal buildings in the government. License plate readers, facial recognition technology, cell phone records from towers. Theres just a number of things that theyre going to be able to focus in on now that they have a specific area to start looking at. Jason carroll thank you very much. Stay with us, sam. Jason carroll down at the scene, 52nd street and eighth avenue as youre seeing some chopper shots over new york. Jason, i understand you just spoke to some nypd officers. Is that right . Right. Just a quick update for you. This officer, once again, explained that vehicle, as you see there from some of the footage, is on its way in that special vehicle. It will be neutralized and then taken to the fbi facility in quantico, virginia, for inspection. Something else he wanted to point out. I said how is it going back there . He said look, what we want everyone to do is take a deep breath. Everyone is doing exactly what theyre supposed to be doing. We put out the alert for postal workers, or whoever the case may be, to be on the alert for packages like this. People are listening. Theyre doing exactly what were doing. He said we have been very fortunate that none of these devices have exploded. I said so whats next for this investigation . They are going to be coming out, john miller, who is head of counterintelligence here with the new york city Police Department will be here shortly. I spoke to him a while ago. They are going to give us an update in about 30 minutes. Once again, he wants everyone to take a collective, he said, deep breath here. He said investigators are doing their jobs. He says that the public in a sense are doing what theyre supposed to be doing in terms of staying vigilant. Again, an update expected in just about 30 minutes from now. Thank you. Jason carroll, thanks very much. If youre just joining us, and you can see it, two packages discovered today. One in florida, addressed to cory booker. The second, thats being transported in that Police Vehicle right now, addressed to the former director of gnash intelligence, james clapper, with an address of cnns new york offices. We know the president has been briefed on this. No Public Comment from him yet. He has been tweeting, his most recent tweet about a complaint about twitter. Well keep you updated on all the developments. Stay with us. Are we there yet . You dont always use your smartphone for directions. Hey guys, up there. Or to laugh out loud. But when it matters most, you count on tracfone to keep you connected for less. Our smartphone plan gives you talk, text and data with unlimited carryover starting at 15 a month, no contract. All with nationwide 4g lte coverage. Get top smartphones or bring your own phone. Tracfone. For moments that matter. 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Her name is Office Address is on the return label of all 12 of these packages. Again, obviously not believed to be from her, but what does she have to say about all of it . She will speak in moments. First, jim and i want to bring in new york governor andrew cuomo. Thank you for being with us, governor. Look, you were on the show yesterday, and you told jim and i there will be more, and there are. What do you know at this hour . Well, i think as we discussed yesterday, poppy and item, and thank you for having me, the person was getting the desired effect, right . Getting the results they were looking for. They were causing terror. And if there was going to be one and then two and then three, there was going to be ten. I think we have several levels here. On the manhunt investigation and the ongoing drama and the two new packages today, i think theyre making significant progress. Im a former attorney general, i was a former prosecutor. I think the focus on florida is going to bear fruit. I think hes done so many packages or she has done so many packages, theres inevitably going to be dna evidence or fingerprints. And i think that is going very well. And my instinct is theyre going to have a result there on the specific on the manhunt. In terms of the bombs, there will then be a back and forth, how sophisticated were the bombs . Were they supposed to explode, were they supposed to intimidate . I think no one can say they were fake bombs. These were dangerous devices that could explode. There may be a question of level of sophistication. I think we then have to look at what changes we make in the system. You know, in new york, we are constantly being attacked. Its a focus, a function of who we are. And we try to learn from them. Were going to focus here on new york. I think the federal government should, too, on the screening procedures for mail. Both privately and the public system. But entities, governments, et cetera, need to do a better job on screening of the mail, but long term, look, this is a dysfunction of our democracy. This is a lesion on the body and the question is, what is the virus causing that lesion . And we have to get to a point where you can have political debate without political violence. This is at a torrid level that is just unpalatable. And were learning that. When you keep stirring that pot and you have leaders, the president of the united states, people listen to him. Hes no longer on a talk show. Shes the president of the united states. And this is whipping up people, and you will see people respond. I think theres two tracks. Leaders have to be more responsible. And second, the American Public has to demand that responsibility. They will not market if the American People do not buy, right . This is a great marketer in chief. If the American People dont buy, he wont sell. And thats true for every politician, by the way. They only sell what people buy. There have been changes in our society that were more culturally bottomup driven. We have racial sensitivity we never had before. We have a sensitivity now about how we treat women in the workplace that we never had before. We need a new political sensitivity. That says there are boundaries. And they are culturally driven and culturally imposed. And they are unacceptable, and if you step outside of that boundary, you will be condemned. I think theres too much emphasis on we want the president to stop et cetera. It has to also be the American People. We need both. The president is hyperrhetorical, vulgar, et cetera. When he gets on the stump and wants to whip up a crowd, he uses language that is wholly inappropriate for a president to use. But i would also like to see the American Public sensitized and developed to the point where they say, we wont accept it. Were not buying it. And he will stop selling it. Governor, just as you have been speaking there, we have a a live picture of the containment vessel carrying that suspected explosive device. It just stopped. Now its going again. We were curious if there was a significant to that. I wanted to ask you, you spoke to the president in the last day. Can you tell us about that conversation . Yes. Look, i have political differences with the president. That is no secret. I have been vocal about it. So has he. What we did discuss was this investigation and what was going on with this investigation and how we need to Work Together and have the relevant Law Enforcement agencies Work Together seamlessly, tirelessly, and there cant be any dislocation between the federal and the state. And the president assured me, and it has come to be, the fbi, the joint Terrorism Task force, which is the main coordinating body, has worked with the state police. They have worked with local police. They have really been extraordinary. I believe the fbi has pulled out all the stops. The connection to florida, the work they have done. I think that was done extraordinarily well. And i think thats one good thing to feel good about in this miserable situation. Is how well the federal, state, local forces all worked together. Governor cuomo, we have just heard for the first time this morning since this news broke of these additional packages from the president of the united states. Let me read you his words in full. Quote, republicans are doing so well in early voting and at the polls, and now this, quote, bomb, unquote stuff happens. And the momentum greatly slows. News not talking politics. Very unfortunate what is going on. Republicans, go out and vote. That those are the first words, governor, from the president on an attempted attack on the former director of National Intelligence and on journalists at cnn and on new jersey sitting senator cory booker. Your response. Its just wholly inappropriate. I believe the president never fully made the transition to the presidency. This is not a person who was in government before. He was not in Public Service before. He was in the entertainment business, the real estate business, the marketing business. I dont think hes ever fully appreciated the import of the office. And the import of his position. And it always comes down to a competition and his politics. And he feels aggrieved. And i am sure thats how he sees this situation. He views it through a political lens. Hes worried about the election. He wants to win the election, especially the congress. Hes focused on the senate. And everything becomes political. And that then starts the anger all over again. We are in a destructive cycle. He doesnt like cnn. Its not he voices against cnn. Cnn winds up a target of these attacks. Its not a coincidence. There are no coincidences here. So should the president act more responsibly . Yes. Should he ask less politically . Yes. Should he be more concerned with safety as opposed to electoral effect on some convoluted strategy . Yes. Am i hopeful that the zebra changes his or her stripes today . No. Thats why i say track two, lets Start Talking to the American People and saying we cant sustain this. We cant as a democracy. We have to be able to have debate and disagree where democrats, were republicans, were red, were blue, but were red, white, and blue. The day after the election, were still america, and we have to function as one. I believe the American People are going to respond faster than the president of the united states. Its a good point. Its a national responsibility. Just before we let you go, governor, you said at the top that you feel theres been significant progress in the investigation. You feel there will be a positive development on identifying whos behind this. I dont want you in public to get into details that you cant share, but i just wonder what you can say about what gives you that confidence and what has turned in the last number of hours, because as poppy was saying earlier, yesterday, we were hearing no hard leads, but now the language coming from Law Enforcement and yourself has changed. What can you tell us . Well, every time there is a package sent, you have a new piece of evidence, right . And the fbis ability and sophistication is so advanced, every package, fingerprint, dna, handwriting analysis, spelling analysis. So every package was a new piece of the puzzle. And they have sent out or he has sent out or she has sent out many pieces of the puzzle very quickly. You saw the shift to florida. I think thats going to be a telling tale. And i think with all these pieces on the puzzle, we are going to get to a resolution of the puzzle on who it was. And thats going to be very good, and then people will relax. But my point is, when i say its only the symptom and not the illness, what stops this from happening next week or the week after . Or the week after . And we cant sustain this. We just cant sustain it. So leaders, change your behavior, yes. Okay, we dont think thats going to happen. Lets Start Talking to the American People and have a National Dialogue about where were going and what were doing. And i believe the American People will get it faster than the leadership will get it. Look at how we changed on our racial discussion, on how we treat women, behavior in the workplace. In a matter of months we have made dramatic progress on some of those issues. Lets change our political dialogue. I will say, jim and i can both tell you, governor, that we have been so warmed and filled this week by the outpouring of support that we and this entire cnn family have received from people of all political stripes. The American People banding together around all of us. 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Welcome back. Poppy harlow and i continue to cover the breaking news. Youre watching a live picture of yet another explosive device transported through the streets of manhattan. This is number 12 so far this week. Investigations continue. Earlier in the day, the 11th addressed to senator cory booker. This was addressed to the former director of National Intelligence, james clapper, at cnn offices in new york, but intercepted at a mail sorting facility. Shimon prokupecz has been covering the latest. What is the latest . The latest is this device certainly moved now up to the bronx, as we have been reporting, where theyre going to safe keep it, keep it there, and then its going to go to the fbi for further analysis. I think the most important thing right now i think for people to know and some of this is what the governor talked about is where the investigation stands in terms of finding the person or people that were behind this. I think as the governor has said, there has been significant progress made by investigators focusing on the florida area, specifically the south florida area. A lot of clues, a lot of new information they were able to gather once they figured out where some of these packages came from. The sorting facility was a key instrument in helping investigators. They then learned other information. Its information theyre not sharing publicly because they do not want to hurt the investigation. But i think you can read into some of what the governor said, that theres been a lot of progress, and i think things will be happening, perhaps maybe soon. And well see where this goes. But you know, for me, it was important to hear what the governor said because as we know, hes being briefed as well as the president. So they know bhauts happening here, and they know what the next steps are in this investigation. Jim, you know, from our kaitlan collins, our white house reporter, she has now reporting on what Jeff Sessions, the attorney general, has to say about all this. He said, and im quoting him, i can tell you this. We will find the person, persons responsible, and were going to bring them to justice. Thats from the attorney general. The president , jim, on the other hand, the first comment he has made about this today is a comment in which he put bombs in quotes. These quote unquote bombs, and talked about politics and republican momentum slowing. Just to juxtaposition of those two is striking. Mike oneal, to you, former Commanding Officer for the nypd who has dealt with this stuff, and your former colleagues, lives are on the line with these 12 packages theyre dealing with so sensitively, and the president is putting bomb in quotes. This is very serious business. What i will tell you about these devices quickly is bomb techs look if four components, power, initiator, explosive switch. These devices all had those four components. Whether they were put together properly is one thing or another, but they should be treated very seriously. People who find them or the Police Officers handling them now. Look how the new York Police Department is treating these. They have shut down major highways in manhattan. Busy time of day, to slowly and carefully transport it, an explosive containment vessel. I mean, listen, poppy, the president will have been briefed on the same intelligence the attorney general has, so either the president doesnt believe what hes been told about these packages or he sees another reason to downplay them. As were watching this, evan perez, if youre still with us, noticeable change in the language about this. Yesterday, making it clear they didnt really have a good idea where this was coming from. Thats changed in the last several hours. Right, exactly, jim. I think its very clear that the tenor, the body language that youre getting from Law Enforcement, even from the governor cuomo, who has been briefed, is that they have made significant progress in the investigation. You can tell the difference between when the fbi just two nights ago put out that statement, a very extraordinary statement, in which they had a photograph of one of these packages. I think that told us a lot. That told us that they were everything was wide open. They didnt have a lot of clues. Now they do. I think one of the things we have to focus on is now they have 12 of these things, and the chances are that this bomber, no matter how good he is, no matter what he was wearing, if he was wearing gloves, no matter how careful he was, he definitely made some mistakes. He likely made some mistakes. Think thats what Law Enforcement is probably capitalizing on behind the scenes. Theres hundreds and hundreds of agents from the fbi, from the atf, from the Postal ServiceInspection Service that have been working on this, and they have been working overnight trying to do exactly that, to capitalize on the mistakes that this bomber may have made. And you can see the difference in the way they talk about it in the last 24 hours. I think youre capturing it exactly right. You have to believe that there were some of those mistakes given the fact that florida was spelled wrong on the return labels here. You know smrx of the names were spelled wrong. Were on top of this breaking news. Live pictures. Again, theres the package, the 12th package intended to be sent here to cnn, intercepted six blocks south of here. Well be right back with the breaking news. Warning, california. A handful of billionaires have spent over 70 million on campaigns to undermine our Public Schools. 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Jim sciutto here in washington. Poppy in new york. We continue to cover the 12th package now with suspected explosive device sent to an address in new york, director former director of National Intelligence, james clapper. Addressed at cnn offices in new york. It was intercepted at a mail sorting facility. Thats the package, identical to the others we have seen sent all week. Now on its way to a new York Police Department facility north of manhattan. We also have this news just in to cnn. Attorney general Jeff Sessions was scheduled to fly to louisville, kentucky, for an event today. Hes now canceled that, he says to insure all the fbis resources are at hand to find the person or persons behind these bombs. We have our Jason Carroll down at the location where the latest package was found. What can you tell us . Were waiting now for a press conference, which is expected to get under way in a few moments. You can see now, a number of cameras lined up. John miller with counterintelligence, nypd, expected to be one of the city officials who update us on exactly what they found here. We can tell you that that call came in at about 8 19 a. M. This morning. That, according to what an nypd officer told me just a few moments ago. Postal workers here who had already been on alert to be on the lookout for suspicious packages, came across that package and immediately called it in. Again, as you say, it fit the similar description of packages we saw earlier this week. Same type of manila envelope, same type of stamps on the envelopes again. At this postal facility on 52nd street and eighth avenue, six blocks south of where you are, jim and poppy, again, postal workers were immediately evacuated. John miller says they followed the same protocol they followed earlier this week. You had a number of investigators. You had state police, nypd, fbi, all descending upon the scene. Bomb sniffing dogs here as well, where they isolated the suspicious package, put it in that special vehicle that you talked about. Its now on its way to the bronx where it will be neutralized. After that, it will then be taken to the fbi facility in quantico, virginia, for inspection. Again, earlier when i spoke to an nypd officer, i said hows it going . He said we want everyone to take a deep breath and take a step back. Everything were asking people to do, theyre doing. Investigators are doing their job. Were asking the public to be vigilant in looking and being on the lookout for packages like this, and thats exactly what happened when the postal worker spotted that suspicious package and immediately called it in. Again, waiting for that press conference for an update. That should be happening in a few minutes from now, but its a sliding scale, a developing investigation. Jim. Of course, Jason Carroll, thank you so much. Stand by for that press conference from the nypd. The mayor of new york city, it will begin any minute. Lets go to sam. Hes a former atf special agent in charge. Talk to us about what the investigators will be looking at outside of the physical devices and the packaging themselves. 12 of them now. What else are they going to be doing in terms of looking, for example, for odd purchases, a string of purchases somebody may have made. Did someone buy 12plus timers. At least one of these devices had a timer on it. What will they look for thats outside of the packages themselves . So now that we have potentially a particular geographical area in florida that investigators can focus in on, thats where the forensics come in. Its occurring right now, im sure, a very close examination of those components to see if in fact, are all 12 timers same manufacturer. Envelopes, are they 12 of the same envelopes . Identify who the manufacturer is, where were those items distributed to. The envelopes, are they all from staples, office depot. The timers, were they delivered to radio shack . That provides investigators a solid lead. I believe theyre going to flood those locations with agents. Were all 12 timers. Were they all purchased at the same time. Five or six at a time. Something you can really key in on. But when we talk about forensics, its not just obviously dna and prints, which are the obvious links youre looking for, but also a very close examination of the components and tracing their origin. People, too. What did they know . Did they see anybody buy this stuff. Do they know someone talking about doing this kind of thing. Im sure theyre canvassing for that kind of information and would welcome it if folks out there believe they have something to add. Were awaiting a News Conference about to begin in new york city, just down the street from where the 12th package was discovered. Well bring that to you live when it comes. Meanwhile, well take a short break. Recognize a package that postal workers across the country have been warned about and shown photographs of in the postal system here at radio station. That postal worker was able to notify the Postal Police on scene here who contacted the joint Terrorism Task force and nypd. This area was secured while Emergency Service and nypd bomb squad responded. The package was isolated in the post office. The bomb squad was able to use their equipment to conduct an xray inside they saw what appears to be a pipe bomb consistent with other devices we have seen this week. Contained in a package consistent with the packaging we have seen this week. It was addressed to an individual at a location in manhatt manhattan. The bomb squad was able to safely remove that package with the device intact, into the total containment vessel and transport that under highway escort to the nypd range at rodmans neck where it will be placed in a secure storage area for the fbi to then transport it along with the other suspected devices we have seen this week to the fbis lab in quantico. With me, i have chief of patrol Rodney Harrison and Deputy Assistant chief frank gallo from the fire department. And chief harrison will address the logistics of this operation. So once we were notified about the device, we put a zone in place. We evacuated a couple of the residents as well as the educational facility which is right across the street. As well as the post office. At this time now, since the device has been removed, everything will be back up in play and up and running. As you can see, the streets are moving, and we want to ask all new york City Residents to continue to stay alert. And if you do see something, call 1888new york city safe. Thank you. We had no injuries, but were here to support our partners in the nypd and Law Enforcement. Just House Keeping matter for those of you who are aware of it, there was another suspicious package operation involving a suspicious box that was found leaning against a tree in central park. Thats been resolved. Its not connected to this. Or similar to this. It is also contains nothing hazardous. That has also been resolved if you were following the developments on that end. I want to especially commend the work of the postal inspectors, but also the work of the 600,000 postal employees across the country who have been working within the postal system to locate these packages before theyre delivered and to alert authorities. And this is an example on the part of one postal worker who when she saw this, recognized it, froze it in the system, and was able to resolve that before it got delivered to a location in manhattan. Very good work here. Were not going to be able to take questions, but thank you very much. All right. There you have it, john miller and Rodney Harrison of the new york city Police Department. Let me update you on what they said, that package that you see intended for the former director of National Intelligence, james clapper, here at cnn, has been safely removed from this postal sorting facility at 52nd street, six blocks south of cnn. What we learned of critical importance from john miller with the nypd. The pipe bomb in the package was, quote, consistent with the other pipe bombs in the 11 other packages that have been found in the last four days. Also, the packaging was consistent, which you can see from that picture. Again, this is a continuing, evolving situation. What was inside, the pipe bomb, consistent with the 11 other ones. We have breaking news. Evan perez is with me. What have we learned . Well, poppy, at this hour, we know that federal authorities have arrested a man in connection with the suspected bomb packages. At this hour, we dont have a lot of information about this person. We dont even know exactly where he was arrested, but at this point, the authorities have arrested and detained this person. And now the work begins to try to get to the bottom of this, to question him, to find out the motivation. We dont know a lot about the suspect, but at this point, they at least have identified and they have detained and arrested a suspect in connection with these 12 now bomb packages that were sent around the country. Okay. Evan, do we know, i know you have been hearing indications all morning of positive progress here. Do we know what helped lead them to this suspect . Well, jim, i think just in the last few minutes, the last time i was talking to you, i mentioned that the fact that there were 12 packages increased the chance that this person made a mistake. And thats what im told happened. Exactly what i was told that happened is in the course of examining these packages, they noticed something that led them to this suspect. So no matter how careful you are in building these things, in putting together these packages, the chances are the more you make of them, the number, the greater the number of them, the greater the chance that youre going to make a mistake. Thats apparently what happened in this, that there is something. Something he left behind in these packages that led them to this suspect. Keep in mind, you know, the fbi is very, very good at retrieving dna from these packages. We have seen this in other cases in the past year. So again, we dont know a lot about what led to this. But were certainly told certainly this morning we were told by sources that the investigators believed they had a very good idea of who this was. And one of the ways they were able to do that is simply because the person made some mistakes. Go ahead, jim. Stands to mention, thats quick work by the fbi and investigators involved here. Its incredibly quick work, and were so grateful to them. You know, being here at cnn, where one of those packages was delivered and to all those people. Evnl, if youre still with us, im going to let evan do more reporting. Let me bring in james. Evan is back with us, james, come into the conversation as well. I oven, i was going to say to you, do we know it was dna from the packages, something physically within, contained within the packages that led authorities to this suspect, or was it suspicious behavior elsewhere . Was it purchases they may have made . Do we know . Able to do forensically in examining these packages that was key to this. But look, theres a lot of clues, as james can tell you, having done many of these investigations over the years. Its not just one thing, right . It helps that they were able to find the nexus in florida there, in that facility in opalocka, where rosa flores has been reporting from. They were able to identify that that was a facility that processed many of these packages. That at least allowed them to narrow their focus and they were able to see that facility collects mail or processes mail to and from a specific part of the region. Of south florida, of the miami area. So that was very, very helpful. Then they, the forensics work was going on in quantico, in new york, to examine these packages, to look at the ones that did not that had not been detonated by the bomb squad. And with that, they were able to put together a lot of clues. Theres a lot were going to learn in the coming hours, i expect. But this suspect now is in the custody of the fbi. Theyre going to talk to him, try to see whether he can maybe explain himself, explain why he was doing this, how he put it together. Theres a lot here yet to come in the coming hours from the fbi. James had a comment. A huge thing from evans reporting. Huge distinction from an investigative detention and maybe youre going to hold somebody, and what evan is describing which is an arrest which indicates there was probable cause that they had enough evidence to suggest that beyond a reasonable doubt, this person was involved. You need a warrant for that. Huge distinction. Need a judge to approve a warrant. Right, and i think james is right. James is exactly right. So our understanding is, as recently as last night, they had a good idea. They were beginning to do the work to build exactly what james says, the probable cause to be able to move on this person. This morning, they had made sufficient progress, they believed, and they had a pretty good idea that they would be able to make an arrest, move on this person today. So my understanding is that they have a good idea that this person is in some way involved in this. So look, this is an investigation thats not over. I think james is exactly right. This is an investigation that is not yet over. There is a lot yet to learn. They want to make sure that this person doesnt have any coconspirators as perhaps someone else who might have been involved in this. Again, the arrest is sort of like the new beginning of the next phase of this investigation. It doesnt really end it, per se. I imagine the first question, james, will be did you send any more devices and where . Yeah. Law enforcement is definitely not breathing a total sigh of relief with this. To evans point, you want to make sure theres not a conspiracy so there are coconspireteres out there, and remember, Crisis Resolution first. Make sure theres nothing out there. We dont know if in some of the 250 mail sorting facilities in the country there could be other packages. Making sure that doesnt happen. Then if they have a person right now in custody, that is going to also be an opportunity for investigators to ask them questions and to try to move forward and see if theres any other potential danger and any other people who need to be tracked down. All right, if youre just joining us, let us get you up to speed. We have been covering this breaking news for the last two hours. A 12th package received in new york city, intended for james clapper, intended to be sent here to cnn, but in the past few minutes, an arrest made of a suspect. Huge. Thats a lot of developments in a short time. We saw this web expanding this morning to two more targets. One in new york, one intercepted in florida, and now before the end of the morning, east coast time, were seeing the development that folks were hoping for. Thats an arrest in this. Of course, a lot of investigation to move forward. Are there others . Is this certainly the person . Those questions investigators working on right now. But our colleagues are going to continue to follow this throughout the day. We have our colleague kate bolduan coming up right now. Really appreciate it. Thanks so much. As you said, breaking news out this morning. And a new chapter begins. A man arrested in connection with these bomb packages. With these suspicious devices. 11th and 12th suspicious devices intercepted today. A lot to get to. Let me get to Shimon Prokupecz. You and the team have been iworking on this all morning. What do we have . We dont know who he is. We dont know anything about him. Heres the bottom line. Since last night, i would say, early last evening, we had heard there was significant progress made, and that they believed they had identified someone