more threats than usual? i really can t get in to the details. i d refer you to law enforcement. the other thing i want to sorry, if i can grab we do want to make sure that we give the fbi tip line. so what we want to make sure that we get out there, this is on an ongoing active investigation. and what the fbi has asked us to do is encourage people if you see something, say something. please make sure that you contact no detail is too small or seemingly insignificant. 1-800-call-fbi. consistent with other devices we ve seen this week, contained in a package, consistent with the packaging that we ve seen this week, it was addressed to an individu an individual at a location in manhattan. the bomb squad was able to safely remove that package with the device intact and transport it under highway escort to tnyp
in the area because a fire truck came streaming down this street screeching with its fire alarm blaring. and people ran afraid for what might be about to happen here. people are on edge. mayor de blasio pointed out this is indeed terrorism because people have been frightened by what has been happening. stick around. i want to check in quickly as you look at that bomb truck, nbc news investigator tom winter on the phone, i know with your sources talking with members of law enforcement as you are looking live now at that shot, tom, what are you hearing about not just what is going on in manhattan, but you also in florida in opa-locka, that mail center there where this package addressed to are cocory booker found. and this is believed to be the same batch of suspected devices
down to quantico at the fbi facility there. as you point out, this is the 12th package that shorts have found in the last few days. this at a postal facility because the postal workers were doing exactly what we hoped that they would do. they were being cautious and they were alert. they saw something that looked suspicious. we suspect that it is very similar in the packaging that we have seen before. meaning the same kind of material, the same kind of stamps. and this one with similar return address we believe, but this one this time addressed to james clapper, forge e clapper former director of national intelligence. and it was supposed to go to the cnn offices just a few blocks up the street. james clapper talked about this a few moments ago. take a listen. i do want to just echo one thing that john brennan said. and that is this is not going to silence the administration s
that was sent originally. that is a good question and one that we are still trying to get our arms around. we don t know at this point whether or not the packages that have been discovered today and we first learned about that package found in florida addressed to cory booker, to an address in camden, new jersey. we first learned about that a little bit after 8:00 a.m. this morning. and then after that, we started to get reports that the nypd was heading towards this mail facility here in manhattan. we don t know for sure that these were mailed at the same time as the ten other packages that we ve been talking about here for the last several days. that is something that we re trying to get insight and clarity into at this point. of course they could have been mailed at different times earlier in the week and that is why they are still filtering through. these are odd shaped packages. we have got some questions from
activity as well. that is where we find kerry sanders who is in opa-locka. bring us up to speed on what you ve seen in the last little bit. reporter: well, let me just confirm first of all that the fbi has discovered the bomb, number 11, which was headed to center cory booker at the facility right here where i m standing. it was at around 11:00 last night when they decided to evacuate this gigantic facility here because of the discovery. the local miami-dade police department had bomb-sniffing dogs here and along with bomb technicians. and that package was taken out. they have resumed operations here, but obviously very keen eyes on everything that is going through. and understand the size of this facility, at least a half million or more packages a day come through this facility. this is not like your normal post office. it is not where you go to buy stamps on or you drop off the mail yourself. this is a sorting facility.