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which was, oddly, congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz s office in sunrise, florida. of course she didn t send that package. the exact same return address, we should note, was used for clinton s and obamas packages. devices were also sent to democratic congresswoman maxine waters on capitol hill. they re still trying to figure out if it s tied to these other incidents, as well as one sent to liberal billionaire and philanthropist george soros and to cnn s headquarters where it was addressed to john brennan, former cia director. this is the device that was sent to the time warner center. as i said, it was addressed to president obama s cia director, john brennan, a vocal critic of president trump. now the packages are being described as rudimentary but operative explosive devices, leading investigators to fear the intent was to kill and to kill a lot of people. no, thankfully, none of the devices went off and while we don t know the suspect or his or her or their motive, law enf ....
It s another thing that we watch because it reduces our warnings, if you will. speak up coming next month, and unorthodox christmas. sometimes things are lost in translation. jason: lucas, thank you. while the united states is protecting itself from north korea on the ground, president trump is looking ahead to the next biggest threat facing the country. faces sing the world s is the world fighting domain, a great threat to the national security, america s security and space is absolutely vital. of the space force will help us deter aggression and the ultimate high ground. jason: joining me now is a nasa administrator, jim brighton stein who served with when he was congressman barton s time. thank much for being here administrator, and the space bar spirit of excited about the future potential, what will it be able to do that our current ....
Line of casting blame for this heinous act on the president of the united states. now, whether this person that did this today is a disturbed human being or something more sophisticated, the world is watching here to see, are we going to continue to tear each other apart internally in this country, the president got it right today. what he has to do tonight is get it right twice in a row and in front of a crowd of partisans. if he does that, and no democrat steps forward to say, the president got it right today, that will be a tragedy. well, let s see what happens. but i want to bring in right now republican congressman joe barton of texas. he was at the republican congressional baseball practice when that gunman opened fire last year. thankfully, there were no fatalities. there were several people wounded. congressman, thanks for joining us. the shooting on that baseball field last year was a clear political attack by a left wing nut. do you believe that today this is potentially a ....
Of the national rhetoric. i also think that it s, with the internet, it s easier to get access to the materials and the technology, if that s the right term, on how to build these devices. and whoever did this is somewhat sophisticated because apparently knows if you send it to a congressional office, it s screened, but if you send it to a home address, it s not. and also using debbie wasserman-schul wasserman-schul wasserman-schultz s return address, she s the past campaign leader of the democratic campaign committee in the house. so, you know, and obviously she s not behind this, so whoever is behind it is showing some knowledge of the systems and the processes in washington. that the average citizen probably wouldn t have. congressman joe barton of texas, thanks again for being ....
Warned that there could be more suspicious packages out there. and now we re learning that yet a second one is now being examined, addressed to maxine waters. the one that came through the maryland facility earlier today is being examined currently by the fbi to see if it is connected to the other five packages found in new york, d.c., and florida. jake? pamela brown, thanks so much. congressman barton, let me ask you, you and i are both old enough to remember lots of political violence in this town. there was the gunman that walkeded into the u.s. capitol and killed two capitol hill police officers. there was the anthrax tried to get into tom delay s office. right. there was the anthrax attack. does this period of our history right now feel worse, feel more dangerous for politicians than previous periods where there was violence? i think it is more dangerous because of the pervasive nature ....