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
last couple days, you might have made a phone call. he was hiding in plain sight. the other thing that he did apparently is post on twitter about george soros and barack obama after the soros bomb was found. shepard: really? i didn t know there was anything since the bombings themselves. since october 24th. shepard: i don t know if we know yet, but often they ll show up, you know, in the dark hours to grab a suspect, catch him by surprise. sometimes they put a flash bang in the room. sometimes they wait until the suspect was offside. you wonder if they were concerned where he was listing. there s these reports that he s been living part time in his van. for all we know, he built if he s a bomber, he may have built the devices in the van. we don t know that i m told by law enforcement, they were watching him for 24 hours. they figured out who he was, he has a criminal record and had to track down his van and figure
democratic fund-raiser and the private capital may have beenen. maichb. all right, how do i know this? my brother is the governor of the state, andrew cuomo, he was alerted about what was happening, but people haven t heard just how far in advance and how inning depth all of that was, and i want him to tell us that tonight. and he s on the show. gov, can you hear me? how are you, little brother? i thought i didn t have you there for a second. it s good to have you, thank god you were safe and everything was okay with you and the office this morning. tell us what you learned and when? you too. well, the first bombing was the soros bomb, right? receiving the bomb on monday. and basically, everybody held their breath, to use a frightening analogy, for me it reminded me of when the first plane hit the world trade center, 9/11, you said, maybe it s just an aviation accident. and then the second plane hit.
you have to do it. and these were prepared remarks. they just sent a bomb to cnn, and the president doesn t say a word about that. and then tells us, we are to blame. did you learn nothing from today? not a word for anybody. not a word about himself. even though the president as we all know, spent the last week celebrating violence toward journalists. lying, arguably on key issues, for political advantage right before an election, on a day like today, he had a moment to be bigger than all of us, to be better than that, to lead, and that was the best he had in a moment like this. the roar of thousands at the rally, seems to be making our president deaf to the needs of millions. so much for the hope of leadership on a day like this. what is this going to mean to the people in his party, to the
we re broadcasting from outside the studio tonight, why? it appeared that someone sent a bomb here today, and people were really really scared. and it is a moment that has to give us some pause. now, while we were all learning about it, there was already a lot that had been learned. authorities had found other explosive devices all around the country, sent to the obamas, the clintons, a congresswoman, and more. and this was after one had been sent to george soros, the big democratic fund-raiser and the private capital may have beenen. all right, how do i know this? my brother is the governor of the state, andrew cuomo, he was alerted about what was happening, but people haven t heard just how far in advance and how inning depth all of that was, and i want him to tell us