divisions, and we have to do everything we can to bring our country together. reporter: and we still don t know how that device got in the hands in a package with the secret service. was it by mail? was it by courier? was it by another type of delivery service? we know a little bit more about philanthropist billionaire george soros, who lives in bedford, new york, which is relatively close to here. it was monday, 3:45 p.m., somebody put a package in his mailbox. he was not at home, we re told, but someone was, found it suspicious, called in law enforcement, and they are revealing that it was a small device in a padded envelope with pvc piping and enough electrical components that it could be explosive in nature. but the investigation continues and the optimal question is who exactly is responsible for this,
once a suspicious package is determined or an actual explosive device, the fbi has jurisdiction if there s any potential harm or actual harm to a former president, former first lady, or two former presidents in this case. that s why they think it s so coincidental. they re small packages that were sent in the mail. beyond that, i ve talked to officials at fbi headquarters. they re not going to say anything at this point beyond that. the analysis will try to determine whether the explosives were actually constructed from the same type of material, in the same manner, what the detonation was going to be like. all of that information would then lead them to a more definitive conclusion that the same person or small group of people constructed the devices and sent those devices in the mail. as we also bring in james galliano, one of the interesting notes when you look at the explosive device that ended up in george soros mailbox as well
pipe bomb, kind of what we have seen in other incidents we ve been reporting on. there are wires attached to this or wires inside this package. but i m told they believe, most important here, authorities believe at this point they have this particular situation under control. also, just so our viewers know, why we keep seeing police move people back is because they now think they re potentially dealing with a very serious incident and this is a real explosive. as they start to remove this and start to work on this suspicious package, they need to move people back. we know that according to our evan perez, the suspicious package that was addressed to the white house was intercepted at joint base bowling here in washington, d.c. jim and poppy, you guys are pretty far away right now, but i
at columbus circle right near central park. nypd reviewing footage from these multiple locations. in an investigation like this, how important is that in ? that s key. all video is coming down to being the key to any investigation right now, especially in a city like new york city, downtown manhattan area, there s cameras on every single intersection, security cameras set up on different businesses around that area so they re going through each one of those and i m sure already at this point in time, we see that a manhunt, so-called manhunt is going on in new york and that s probably the jttf out there trying to either the joint terrorism task force. out there looking for this individual that delivered the package to try to figure out who gave him the package to deliver to time warner center. so, and bob, let me bring back the question from earlier. these bombs did not explode. that could be sloppy bomb making, it could be intentional. what do you think about all
given what s going on with these other explosive devices. the police have moved in, and they re obviously taking every precaution. i m told by officials that there are things in this package. they don t yet know if it s explosive material. certainly there are things in this package that make it look very suspicious and has them concerned. that s why we re seeing our offices in new york evacuated. i m also told that the area around manhattan, around our building, just about a block south, 57th street, is being shut down. what we see in these kinds of situations, the police and the fire department responding, closing down the area, evacuating buildings. so serious concern here from the police in new york. all right. shimon, stick with us. we also have tom fuentes, who s joining us here. tom, i want to bring you into the conversation because right now we re talking about over a span of 24 hours, we have five suspicious devices that have