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 on both sides of the aisle including a congressman dealing with his own serious death threat. But first, lets get to our analysts breaking do you know the lknow down the fast moving developments. Lets start with are a hrehema. Weve been looking at that shot of the Containment Vehicle essentially. What are you seeing there . Reporter i can tell you that only about 50 yards behind where im standing here on 52nd and corner of 8th avenue, there is this Containment Vehicle. It looks a bit like a cement mixing truck, a very small one. And that is the vehicle that they intend to bring this suspicious package out of this postal facility and place it inside that vehicle and then take it over to the bronx where they have a facility where they can check this out more thoroughly before they send it
down to quantico at the fbi facility there. As you point out, this is the 12th package that shorts have found in the last few days. This at a postal facility because the postal workers were doing exactly what we hoped that they would do. They were being cautious and they were alert. They saw something that looked suspicious. We suspect that it is very similar in the packaging that we have seen before. Meaning the same kind of material, the same kind of stamps. And this one with similar Return Address we believe, but this one this time addressed to James Clapper, forge e clapper former director of national intelligence. And it was supposed to go to the cnn offices just a few blocks up the street. James clapper talked about this a few moments ago. Take a listen. I do want to just echo one thing that john brennan said. And that is this is not going to silence the administrations
critics. I think anyone who has in any way been a critic of publicly been a critic of President Trump needs to be on stextra alert an take precautions particularly with respect to mail. Reporter indeed because authorities are telling us thus far all these packages have been mailed to democrats or people who have been outspoken in terms of their criticism against President Trump. So just yesterday authorities here in new york mentioned that they are alerting people in the area that they should also be very cautious. Authorities also pointed out that they have had an increase in tips of 139 of people calling in arntd saying that they are suspicious of something, but also offering whatever kind of tips they can to authorities. When it happened here, that this package was identified, i have to tell you, it was pandemonium
in the area because a fire truck came streaming down this Street Screeching with its fire alarm blaring. And people ran afraid for what might be about to happen here. People are on edge. Mayor de blasio pointed out this is indeed terrorism because people have been frightened by what has been happening. Stick around. I want to check in quickly as you look at that bomb truck, nbc news Investigator Tom Winter on the phone, i know with your sources talking with members of Law Enforcement as you are looking live now at that shot, tom, what are you hearing about not just what is going on in manhattan, but you also in florida in opalocka, that mail center there where this package addressed to are Cocory Booker found. And this is believed to be the same batch of suspected devices
that was sent originally. That is a good question and one that we are still trying to get our arms around. We dont know at this point whether or not the packages that have been discovered today and we first learned about that package found in florida addressed to cory booker, to an address in camden, new jersey. We first learned about that a little bit after 8 00 a. M. This morning. And then after that, we started to get reports that the nypd was heading towards this Mail Facility here in manhattan. We dont know for sure that these were mailed at the same time as the ten other packages that weve been talking about here for the last several days. That is something that were trying to get insight and clarity into at this point. Of course they could have been mailed at different times earlier in the week and that is why they are still filtering through. These are odd shaped packages. We have got some questions from
people why are some of them not postmarked. When you have them kind of misshapen package, and remember there is a 1 by 6 inch piece of pvc pipe contained within these padded manila enenvelopes, sometimes in the machine cant automatically do it, postal workers themselves will sort them by hand and make sure that they get to the proper destination. So pause on that point because i think that is an important one. So just because there is not a Postmark Didnt Mean Oesnt Mea delivered through the mail system . That is exactly right. So that is why when people look at the pictures of these packages, they have asked as to why there is not specific markings on it. That is the reason why. So we are just trying to get a handle on if these packages have just been working their way through the mail system. We know from the package sent to eric holder that package was destined for him, but it was turned around and returned and it went to Debbie Wasserman schultzs office. She is the person whose return
name and address has been on each one of these packages that have been sent so far. And that is what caused the commotion at her office earlier this week. But that was actually addressed to eric holder. So that plaexplains a little bi some of the confusion with how they have worked their way through the mail system. But Law Enforcement people that ive talked to, Pete Williams has talked to, Jonathan Dienst has talked to, they have all been clear that all of these packages went through the mail and at this point as we first reported here yesterday Law Enforcement people are looking to see whether some or all of them were actually mailed from the state of florida. So that is something that is being looked at closely at this point. And obviously as we continue to get packages and devices, the vehicle that you are looking at on the left, even if that bomd went obomd bomb went off, all the evidence would be contained. And the more packages that law
enforcement is able to get, the more opportunities they have to get evidence and get clues that could lead them to the person or people that wheare doing this. So that is the key focus of this investigation. We dont have an indication that they are looking at any specific individual, but these investigations are fast moving and can change on a dime. On the left side, you talked about that in Effect Bomb Truck essentially. Over the last 24 hours or even less, investigators have narrowed in on this postal facility in opalocka. Explain how they have to now backtrack to try to figure out who is behind this. Yeah, i think one of the things, if they can start to find out which mail receiving centers and i was talking with Pete Williams about this last night. He reminded me that these major mail receiving centers, depending upon where mail or a package is supposed to go,
different kind of Distribution Warehouses if you will receive these packages. And then from there, they send them along to other Distribution Centers and then obviously it trickles down the chain if you will to get to your house or to a specific business. So if it is going to a specific regional distribution center, that gives them a little bit of a better handle as far as where the package may have been coming from and where it may go to. So that will allow them conceivably to start to develop a little bit of a picture of potential sites where these packages could enter the mail stream. And so i think that is right now i know that is a key focus of what the fbi and the joint Terrorism Task forces in new york and florida are working on. Lets stay on that, as we take a look at that Containment Vehicle in police terms making its way to the facility in the bronx. Thats what you are looking at. That is the highway leading out to that direction in new york. But down in florida, plenty of
activity as well. That is where we find Kerry Sanders who is in opalocka. Bring us up to speed on what youve seen in the last little bit. Reporter well, let me just confirm first of all that the fbi has discovered the bomb, number 11, which was headed to center cory booker at the facility right here where im standing. It was at around 11 00 last night when they decided to evacuate this gigantic facility here because of the discovery. The local Miamidade Police department had bombsniffing dogs here and along with bomb technicians. And that package was taken out. They have resumed operations here, but obviously very keen eyes on everything that is going through. And understand the size of this facility, at least a half million or more packages a day come through this facility. This is not like your normal post office. It is not where you go to buy stamps on or you drop off the mail yourself. This is a Sorting Facility. And packages that are sent from as far north as ft. Pierce, florida to arrest far south as key west, a population of around 7 million people, that is where all the mail is sorted if it is a package. Now, one challenges here has been because these packages were bulky, the stamps were not canceled. And of course the Cancellation Marks would show where they were initially dropped off. But the authorities are say be even though they would like to trace back to where the packages began their journey within the mail system, it doesnt necessarily lead to the suspect or suspects because somebody could simply have driven into this region, this zone, dropped it off and then driven right back out. But it is all part of the investigation. And they are really hopeful. Think about how difficult this is. The fbi is talking to employees that work here every day, a sea
of packages going past them. They are hoping that somebody saw something in those labels that sort of stuck out and made them now think about it and hopefully will provide amore information. But it is a clear indication that no box is being left unchecked on this one here. That is for sure. Thank you so much, Kerry Sanders there live for us in florida. Jeff sessions the Attorney General is speaking now in washington addressing these suspected devices. He says that the Department Of Justice is working tirelessly and will find out who did this. And also in d. C. , Pete Williams who has been all over this story. Were now up to 12 suspected devices that have been sent through the mail, delivered to people who have been either critics of the president or rhetorical targets of the president and right wing media. This is a fairly big number, no . Well, sure. There have been serial bombers
in the past and were getting up into the numbers that some of these serial bombers in the past. But these are concentrated in a very short time frame. And one question of course is are these all from a single mailing and they are just trickling out and being found, or is the person still sending them. We dont know the answer to that. And what complicates it is the fact that you may recall the first package was discovered monday at the home of george soros in new york. And then tuesday night, intercepted on the way to the Hillary Clinton address in new york. And then wednesday morning on the way intercepted to the obamas. And then all the others that started to be discovered on friday rather on wednesday beginning with the one to john brennan addressed at cnn. So the problem is that some of these packages have gone toward their intended addressee, for example the ones to biden, but then are were refused either because of a bad address or insufficient postage and were working their way back. So the biden ones were found on the backwards journey, not the outbound journey. So it is a little hard to tell exactly when. The fact that this was found in opalocka, i think that they will know whether that was in the inbound chain, just recently received from a post office that feeds in there, or was it coming back. I would think that they would know the answers shortly to that question. And that will be an important question. But florida is of interest for lots of reasons. They know now that some of these packages were sent from florida, some if not all. Some of the packages were canceled. And im told from our social media people that were getting lots of questions about why is the post office delivering some of these packages when you can tell from looking at the envelopes that they werent canceled, that they werent postmarked. And the answer to that is, what were told by authorities, that
odd shaped packages like these dont go through any kind of sorting machine. And in some cases they would be canceled or stamped with a postmark, handstamped, but in some cases they dont bother, they just push them through. So that is why you dont see cancellations or postmarked on all of these packages. But in any event, because of the postmarks and other reasons, they have been able to trace these packages to florida. And they are doing interviews with people in florida now, not just postal workers, but other people that they believe may have important nformation impor the investigation. And im being told that we have some images coming in from chris jansing. I believe that is the right side of your screen. You mentioned that there is still the question as to whether this was sort of one batch or a new batch. If this person is still dropping off device at a Mail Facility,
that is good news for police because that is a way that they can catch them. Absolutely. Bombers have been captured in the past by looking at Surveillance Video and catching them in the act. But im relatively certain that you cannot put a parcel like this, the post office wont deliver a parcel like this if you drop it into the blue boxes on the street. So i think one question we have to look at here is whether whoever is mailing these would have to walk into a post office or could put them into a drop box on the street if they have to drop them into the post office facility, just walk in and stick them in the big slot or open the Big Dwraur Thrawer S into the local delivery thing. That would give them important Surveillance Video. If takes b if it is a box on the street, that is more complicated. But they can trace back to a route where things get mailed. We saw that in the anthrax investigation. But were told that they have a number of leads that they are purchase you s pursuing in florida. Tom winter, you wanted to jump in. And i know there are questions about the lefthand side of the screen, this truck pulling the total containment vessel. And as i was explaining before if people that see this on a public highway and say should there be any sort of concern, a bomb that is many more times powerful could go off inside of there and we could be looking at it live and have no indication of it whatsoever. It has the ability to really withstand a lot with the added benefit obviously that if the bomb did go off inside of there,
all the evidence would be contained within there, there would be no threat to the public. So this is a really safe way of getting this device from the location on 52nd street in manhattan up to the nypd facility in the bronx. You see there that there is a police escort. Obviously you dont want other are cams around it, you dont want an sdiincident involving t truck. So the nypd is providing an escort. But they will be getting off on the exit ramp now. This facility is very impressive. Basically it is located on a tip of an area in the bronx not far across the sound from laguardia airport. There are numerous stations if you will or numerous ranges where different Law Enforcement agencies as well as obviously the nypd primarily can take target practice, can do training. Just for officers on the street, brand new officers all the way up to some of the most
experienced sniper teams that the nypd has as part of emergency services. The Strategic Response group, they are part of normal control. The Critical Response command which are the heavy weapons tea teams, they have more of a counterterrorism mission. They are all p