Thats being tested now down stairs so the mail room area is contained while we go through the various steps to test that. On a field test. Package it up safely for removal and decon that area and anybody that came in contact with it. Im going to take just keep in mind it happened a couple of hours ago and still ongoing and going to take some questions and not going too deep into it. Yes . Can you talk about how concerned you are the connection of these targets . People who have been criticized by the president well, take a look at whos being targeted here and thats why were doing it proactively. Reaching out to people in the city. People that do their security and making sure that the mail rooms follow proper protocol and of concern to us and reaching out to the right people. Yes . Hold on. Mayor or governor, earlier
this week, president assaulting a journalist. All sorts of threats to journalists. Do you have a particular message to President Trump in light of what happened at cnn or
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.
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
Locations throughout the United States. This is a shared fate that everybody has to come together. Law enforcement, the community, has to, you know, solve for this problem. All right. Jonathan and josh and phil mudd in studio, thank you so much. You can follow me on facebook and twitter at jake tapper or tweet the show at the lead on cnn. Our coverage on cnn continues right now. This is cnn Breaking News. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer in the Situation Room. Were following Breaking News. The investigation into home made bombs sent to cnn, the clintons, the obamas and other political figures in what New York Citys mayor is now calling an act of terror. None of the devices exploded, but there is fear, serious fear, that there may be more out there. President trump called the
attempted attacks despicable, even as critic noted the intended targets were frequent objects of his contempt. Ill talk about the Breaking News with senator