The f. B. I. Doesnt do anything without the n. Y. P. D. Thats a partnership that was forged in fire in my thirty six years in policing our relationship has never been stronger this case told that story again new york city cops were side by side with f. B. I. Agents many other agencies in florida this morning together they brought justice as they always do the wide experience of our agencies coupled with the individual expertise of the members of the n. Y. P. D. Bomb squad are highly trained Emergency Service unit our intel bureau a Counterterrorism Bureau our patrol cops with a first to respond to c. N. N. All helped lead to todays arrest i can be more proud of the work each of them did in this case and the work they do every day we said from the outset that we would identify an arrest the person or people responsible for these acts we can make that promise because of the confidence we have in our ability to investigate and it deliberate the precise manner todays arrest means that new
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.
Excessive tape, those are things to key in on. Every bomb maker, theyre just like bakers, they have their own special signature, how they crimp the wires, the tool marks, how they tape it up and type out the address. Thank you for your expertise. Were going to stand by, jim and i here. Were just about a block away from cnn, which is still closed because theyre looking at what that white powder could be. Well go back to the studio in d. C. I do want to reset what we know right now. Any moment now the president is expected to deliver a speech where hes likely to address these devices that have been sent to Public Officials and offices today. A pipe bomb appeared to be mailed to the Time Warner Center, which is where cnn is in new york. And there is white powder still
being tested in the mail room there. We have an image of a device addressed to former cia director john brenan. However, it was found there at Time Warner Center. Also targeted, former president obama, the clintons and forme
And into a containment van and ultimately taken care of. But were left with a lot of questions as we close the show this morning. That does it for us for now. Stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. We begin with that very breaking news. Two more packages found this morning. One addressed to senator cory booker and another to former director of National Intelligence James Clapper. Nbcs Investigative Reporter tom winters joins me now via phone. Tom were up to 12 potentially suspicious packages. Walk us through this. Shortly after 8 00 a. M. This morning, we first got word the package that was addressed to cory booker but was found at a Mail Facility in south florida, at that time, we understood it, the package was addressed to booker in camden, new jersey. The package obviously does not appear to have ever made its way there. They were able to get
subsequently, about the same time, a Mail Sorting Facility in New York City. Thats certainly kind of the we were edge of midtown ma
Doesnt have a Mailing Address of somebody you know because of those false alarms inhibit Law Enforcements ability to actually focus their resources, is actually reach out and find information that will help you make more informed decisions. Michael, tom, thank you so much. Im signing off right now. And i hand off to Hallie Jackson who picks up our breaking News Coverage right now. We are sticking with that story. For the third day this week, we are leading with Breaking News, two more suspicious packages within the last hour or so now discovered, one addressed to are cory booker. And the other to James Clapper. We are on both scenes live. This makes now the 11th and 12th packages discovered this week targeting democrats and other critics of President Trump. The president getting constant updates on what is developing
this morning. According to his press secretary. We will see him at the white house within the next hour and 45 minutes. And here on this show, well speak with two people o