the president had received a package with the bomb. two packages with similar pipe bombs were addressed to former vice president joe biden. they were intercepted in delaware. law officials are working to track down the person or persons responsible. the fbi and the nypd held a joint press conference in new york warning that more devices could be out there. we continue to advise the american public to remain vigilant as it does remain possible further packages have been or could be mailed. these devices should be considered dangerous. as for the devices themselves some were apparently poorly made. investigators are trying to determine whether or not this means that they were a hoax or the work of an unsophisticated bomb maker. here s new york police commissioner james o neil. we are treating them as live devices, as you see the way our bomb squad detectives went into
fbi headquarters in quantico, virginia. they will add this package to the slew of others they are now investigating, trying to find out who is responsible for sending this. it s very interesting, because only yesterday, i was at the new york city police department headquarters, where the chief of police, james o neil, said, when asked, is it just a hoax that these things have not exploded, he said whether it s a hoax or not, this has to be taken seriously. what is not a hoax is this is intended to terrorize people. and i have to tell you, it s causing fear out here. stephanie. without a doubt. i want to bring in peter alexander live at the white house. peter, i know the president was up late tweeting. is he up now? have we heard any statement for him, from him or his staff regarding this? yes, i can say so far we ve heard nothing from the president. certainly nothing from his aides so far. it was just inside the west wing, trying to find sarah
been sent to eight different targets. this morning we woke up to the news that actor robert de niro, a frequent and vocal critic of the president had received a package with the bomb. two packages with similar pipe bombs were addressed to former vice president joe biden. they were intercepted in delaware. law officials are working to track down the person or persons responsible. the fbi and the nypd held a joint press conference in new york warning that more devices could be out there. we continue to advise the american public to remain vigilant as it does remain possible further packages have been or could be mailed. these devices should be considered dangerous. as for the devices themselves some were apparently poorly made. investigators are trying to determine whether or not this means that they were a hoax or the work of an unsophisticated bomb maker. here s new york police commissioner james o neil. we are treating them as live
prominent democrats over the last few days. a heavy yellow envelope, six american flag postage stamps, block type lettering and a device inside. new york s mayor spoke a couple hours ago. listen. this is clearly an effort to terrorize people politically. to choose people for political purposes and attack them because of their beliefs. that is the kind of thing we have seen before in this city and we reject it and we will not be intimidated by it. reporter: nypd police commissioner james o neil said they believe the courier who dropped off the package at the cnn time warner building yesterday was caught on survey len video. they hope to be able to trace the origin of that package with surveillance video. speaking of surveillance video, dana, outside the film center here, the tribeca film center, there is a camera above the
first of all, helping law enforcement, this is something that everyone can do. if you have any information at all that you think could help law enforcement to address this situation, share it with law enforcement immediately. let them be the judges of the value of the information. don t hold it back. so many times, and i agree with the commissioner, law enforcement ultimately has proven they will find the perpetrators. but so many times it s because an individual or citizen stepped forward with information that really led to the key break through. if you have information, share it. if you re concerned about packages that could arrive at your home or your workplace and you see something that worries you, reach out to the police, get their involvement to address the situation. people can be part of solving this immediate challenge, but finally we all can be a part of solving the bigger situation that we re facing as a society, as a nation. a tone of civility, a tone of