yet another day this week more packages targeting former officials. first the fbi has confirmed another package. 11th found last night in florida. that, similar to the others, addressed to corey booker. and happening right now, six blocks from where i am sitting, the new york police department is responding to a suspicious package at a postal facility at 52nd street and eighth avenue in new york city. a law enforcement official says the package is similar to the others. evan perez has the latest on everything. we have learned now very disturbing information in terms of to whom this package was addressed and also that it was intended to come to cnn. that s right. this is now the 12th package that s been recovered and it has all of the hallmarks. it bears all the same markings as the other packages that have been tied to what is believed to be a serial suspected bomber.
you can get a better shot down 52nd street. you can see the area is taped off there with the yellow police tape. a number of officers gathered trying to figure out exactly what is going on. we re still awaiting word. we have seen in the last two minutes or so a number of police vehicles go down 52nd street. traffic like i said, not allowed in the area. also people who are walking are allowed to get out of this area but not allowed to go back. one guy trying to make deliveries was not allowed back in. a cop said it would be some time before those individuals are let back in. we ll stay on scene and keep you posted and try to talk to more people and find out what s going on. back to you. sandra: todd, this is now multiple days of this in new york city, prime rush hour 9:00 a.m. new york city. talking about 52nd street, 8th and 9th avenue, a very busy part of town in mid town
people with packages and so forth during the time frame. the question really is do we have a local resident from that area or was this location cover for action? meaning he got into a vehicle or public transportation and went to this location kind of to throw everybody off on a wild goose chase. sandra: going through the timelines here and the small, short amount of time that these packages have been revealed. we re looking at live shots of new york city, 52nd street. nypd sources confirm it was addressed to former director of national intelligence james clapper. what does this investigation look like right now? whether it s a second wave or what exactly we re seeing develop this morning, how do they change the investigation based on what we re learning at this moment? you are going to see a
individuals are. we ve heard so many people say these bombs can t explode. there was nothing to detonate them. but at the end of the day if you have a package come to your home and it contains these possibly explosive materials inside, there is deaf niftily going to be a cause for concern. as a result you re seeing the response you re seeing now in mid town. sandra: i want to bring in the latest we have here. nypd sources confirmed to rick leventhal that there is one package at 52nd street at the post office there. he is confirming that it was addressed to former director of national intelligence james clapper. and nypd press office is separately confirming there were reports there were multiple packages, that it was indeed just one suspicious package at the 52nd street location. todd, we ll continue to go back to you as the news warrants. thank you. bill: joey jones, bomb
clearly we need are re-evaluate our society and tone things down. elections in the end, we re all america here, everybody is on the same team regardless of how we see remedying the problems in this country. whether they be liberal or conservative. now with two weeks to go until the election, less than that now, i don t anticipate passions will be reduced until election day but goodness gracious, we ought to keep it civil. bill: josh holmes in washington sandra: let s head back to 52nd street. todd pirro is on the street there. i tried to give an estimate of first responders. a lot more than when we last checked in. i want to add on this street is an nyu clinic. it was evacuated after 8:00. most of the people we ve seen