Scary morning, at least five suspicious packages picked up, addressed to different politicians and to cnn. Obviously, the intent was to scare. None went off. No one hurt. But a message was certainly sent as the investigation continues, so does our consideration of how to make this better. Jake tapper picks up our coverage now. This is cnn breaking news. Welcome to the lead, im jake tapper. We begin with breaking news in our national lead. The fbi and other Law Enforcement agencies are trying to figure out who sent at least six suspicious packages to a number of highprofile targets, including former President Bill and Hillary Clinton in chappaqua, new york. Former president barack and Michelle Obama in washington, d. C. , former obama Attorney General, eric holder, though it was sent to the wrong address, so it was sent back to the Return Address, which was oddly democratic congresswoman, Debbie Wasserman schultz in sunrise,
florida. Billionaire financier, george soros. Democratic congr
The scene with one of the pipestyle devices sent to the clinton home, and obama home as well, and investigators confirm it has been sent there, and now we are also informed that Debbie Wassermann schultz office is evacuated as well in sunrise, florida. And now we go to andrea mitchell. We continue the breaking coverage of suspicious packages sent to the chappaqua home of bill and Hillary Clinton and the washington, d. C. , home of barack and michelle obama, and the packages to the clintons and the obamas were flagged in routine screenings before they reached oo either home. In new york, the Law Enforcement and the First Responders are responding to the the evacuation of Cnn Headquarters in time warner headquarters in
manhattan. Cnn reports that pipe wires were hanging out of it, and this is one day after investigators found an Explosive Device at the billionaire philanthropist, and long time democratic contributor george soros who has been the victim of right wing conspiracy opponents.
Morning. So thats the latest here. The nypd bomb squad is inside our offices at Columbus Circle. The package was addressed to 10 Columbus Circle. We dont know who specifically it was addressed to. It did arrive. It was received in the mail room of the building. The staff there alerted authorities, alerted Building Security to the device, and thats when the nypd responded. Obviously they became really concerned almost immediately. Shimon, just very briefly, what do we know about the package that was delivered to the Time Warner Center . Why was it suspicious . What raised the alarm bells . Right, wolf. So what raised the alarm bell is when they xrayed the package, they found what looked like metal material, perhaps a pipe bomb. Weve talked about other pipe bombs or other bombs inside Metal Construction that have
been delivered to other locations. That immediately had everyone concerned. Then also were being told that there were wires, what appeared to be wires inside this package. That
law enforcement officials. john brennan a very, very sharp critic of president trump s. he served during the obama administration. we also know suspicious packages were delivered to the obama residence here in washington, d.c., the hillary and bill clinton residence in chappaqua, new york, the george soros residence outside of new york, as well as to the cnn new york city bureau. but that was specifically addressed to john brennan. i want to quickly read a statement that the vice president mike pence just tweeted. we condemn the attempted attacks against former president obama, the clintons, cnn, and others. these cowardly actions are despicable and have no place in this country. grateful for the swift response of the secret service, fbi, and local law enforcement. those responsible will be brought to justice. that statement just going. oh, and we re now being told more information.
many times it, the new york police department is trained for they train for this kind of thing every day. they get there more quickly than you can imagine. these emergency response teams encompass a whole host of skills from fire to emergency to the bomb squad that turned out there first. anyway, that response still very much under way, wolf. it s important to note, jim and poppy, and i just want you guys to elaborate on this. if we take a look at these suspicious devices, clearly where you are, the time warner center, a suspicious package sent to the cnn new york offices, addressed to the former cia director john brennan, who s been a very sharp critic of president trump. so there was one package along those lines. another package sent to the hillary and bill clinton residence in chappaqua. they ve been very qucritical of the president as well. a third package sent to the obama residence here in washington. we know they ve been critical of