we are all out of the woods. there may be other packages in transit now. well, the two most recent packages were sent to democratic senator kamala harris and democratic donor tom stier and that brings the total number of mail bombs to 14 now. at least 14. for more, let s bring in cnn senior washington correspondent joe johns live from the federal detention center in downtown miami. that is where sayoc is being held. joe, good morning to you. reporter: good morning. i can tell you a couple of things about this. number one, authorities are very concerned about whether there are other packages in the system. we hear of it from christopher wray, the fbi director himself, who said just yesterday, during a news conference in washington, d.c., we re not out of the woods yet. while authorities do have a suspect in custody, there are still questions about packages that went from cnn center in new
like make threats, april, and don lemon next. among the many ramblings of a prolific social media user who was clearly pro-trump saying on the president s birthday, thank you for all you do against everyone. and not be stopped ever. straight ahead, get it done. awesome. build wall. athena jones, cnn, new york. twitter has since apologized for mishandling a threat sayoc made on its platform against a former democratic operative. let s bring in former fbi special agent and profiler mary ellen o toole. good morning to you. good morning. so sayoc s former attorney, now the attorney for his family, said that he struggled for years with quote a lack of comprehension of reality. law enforcement said he lived for some time in his van. passionate about politics. bouncing from identity to identity reportedly. how does this profile that is now coming to light correspond with what we know about people who typically commit this crime,
initial charges that have been field by the federal government, and the investigation continues as authorities try to figure out number one the motive, also whether anyone else was involved, and how in fact, a man of limited means, who apparently was living out of his van, was able to put the entire country ill at ease, if you will. joe johns, thank you for the update. we appreciate it. president trump has acknowledged the mail bombing suspect was his supporter but that s it. he did not disavow his support. the rally in charlotte, where he blasted the media s response, after the suspect was caught, cnn white house reporter sara westwood, live from the white house for us now, what exactly did he say, sara? reporter: well, christie, president trump was renewing his calls for unity in the wake of the package bombing spree. but in the same breath, he was criticizing the media for the negative coverage and blaming news outlets for somehow
this morning. coming up, the mail bombing suspect s former employee tells cnn he was a model employee. . i think everybody has some kind of ism some kind of political view that they are afraid to come out and say, maybe this keep it hidden, keep it secret, he was one of the people who just told it like it was. and i never would have thought this was him. and odds are, if you re up this morning, you missed the end of the world series game. it kept going. and going. later this hour, the historic game that stretched into the morning hours. plus, megyn kelly s time on the today show are over and exit from the network, it is a conclusion, a foregone conclusion. coming up, what is at stake in her negotiations with nbc. the roasted core wrap. 3, 2, 1. not cool. freezing away fat cells with coolsculpting? now that s cool! coolsculpting safely freezes and
connection with the attempted mail bombings routinely criticized democrats on social media. and now questions about twitter, as critics say there were obvious warning signs, twitter missed it, in the tweet, the social media company has repeatedly said it has combatted harassment on the platform but those who use tweeter says it is not enough. we look at the social media ramblings. in addition to repeatedly slamming cnn, sayoc was a frequent online critic of the very people federal prosecutors say he targeted. 14 pipe bombs sent through the u.s. postal service in the last few days. the 56-year-old registered republican has been active across social media. where he has posted multiple images of himself attending trump rally, or wearing a make america great again hat. even wishing trump a happy birthday back in june. he also tweeted pro-republican messages like it is time to take