government facilities, including the cia and military bases in the area. nbc news justice correspondent pete williams joins me now from the bureau. pete, who is this and what do we know? well, this has been a remarkably fast-moving investigation, andrea, because the first of these packages arrived yesterday morning here in washington, d.c. at a location, ft. mcnair, the first one you see in the upper left where the national war college is. and by last night, they had a suspect in custody. the fbi identifies him as a 43-year-old man from everett, washington, which is right near seattle, named tranh cong phan. he ll be in court later this afternoon to face charges. we re told he is someone who was familiar to law enforcement, perhaps from making threatening statements earlier so he was not unknown to law enforcement. but in all they say a dozen
intercepted at military installations in the washington, d.c. area. let s go to pentagon correspondent barbara starr. what are you learning? good evening, the fbi has control of the suspicious packages delivered throughout the day to several military facilities across washington in the national capital region. at ft. mcnair, not a facility a lot of people would know about, a suspicious package was found to contain black powder and other elements that could be used in some sort of potentially explosive device. the fbi has it, it was rendered safe. also at ft. belvoir, south of washington, d.c., and we ve just gotten word also at dalghren naval base in southern virginia but is considered part of the national capital region, that s a navy facility. these places may not be known to the public but to the u.s. military they are the backbone of the military presence in
we can t have the inmates running the prison. he said that about the ongoing protests. mcnair suppressed regrets to his team on saturday. it wasn t enough. all but 10 players took a knee or sat during the anthem in what was by far the largest single team protest yet. actress rose mcgowan speaking out since allegations of sexual misconduct emerged about harvey weinstein. she gave a rousing street in detroit, michigan. good morning, women. i ve been harassed. i ve been maligned. you know what, i m just like you. because what happened to me behind the scenes happens to all of us in this society. is and that cannot stand and it will not stand. through her lawyer, mcgowan told the new york times she was offered $1 million in hush money from someone in
sandra: players taking a knee for the first time after team owner s recent remark about inmates running the prison. mcnair apologized several times saying i used a figure of speech never intended to the taken literally. i would never characterize our players or our league that way and i apologize to anyone who was offended by it. a tv and radio host for the blaze and conservative commentator, he is a former ohio senate minority leader. these remarks caused a firestorm inside the nfl and outside by mr. mcnair. yeah, i don t think the comments were ever meant to get out. i think the comments were
team s owner made controversial comments in a recent meeting between the executives and owners. we re live in l.a. players there during that meeting. what did mcnair say to start this? well, it was during meetings in new york a few weeks ago as you said. the owners were deciding what to do about players kneeling during the anthem. owner of the texans said we can t have inmates running the prison. well players took the word inmates to mean them. several walked out of practice on friday before returning. some took a personal day. on sunday a majority of the team 40 out of 50 players protested his remarks by kneeling during the anthem and said this after the game. we came together as a team and wanted to send a message and that s what we decided to do and stand by my brothers to do that. a lot of emotions running through our team. but just a huge sense of unity i think that we all felt just coming out and making sure and playing for each other and that