send one very ear, unmistakenble message that acts or threats of political violence of any kind have no place in the united states of america. [ applause ] right you, chris gordon is standing outside theobama s house. we re going to begin team coverage with nbc s pete williams. reporter: what s still not determined, we re told, is whethe the devices were actually working devices.no w, they looked like they could be. they all looked pretty muchike is. this is a picture of one of them, one found in new ityo s ark pipe with end caps, wrapped in tape, wires coming out, connected to some sort o device, but whether this was actually functioning, designe to be functioning or accurately made so it would function is still being determined. the effort is on full court press to determine where they are coming from, but some went through tta u.s. p service because that s how they were intercepted and never got to the intended destinations. news 4 s chris gordon is live in northwe
send one very clear, stro, unmistakable message that acts itical violencp of any kind have no place in the united states of america. [ applause ] reporter: a dark suv backs into the obama home guarded by a u.s. secret service detail. a cruiser ffrestricts traic here to localresidents. uniformed secret service officer working with a dog trained to detect explosives searches near the obama home. the sweep includes a u.s. mailbox and camera equipment. journalists from news organizations worldwide gathering here after the discovery of a suspicious package with a potential explosive device addressed to former president obama. the package was immediately identified during the screening procedure, and it never made it to its intended location. reporter: this is a picture of a suspected explosive device like the onesiv ag in a stamped manila envelope. they are similar, one addressed to the home of former secretary of state hillary clinton in suburban new york. a package toufoun
southbound bw parkway aer 197, left lane is getting by that work zone. you can see those delaysso hbound and some northbound. northbound on 270, bethesda after the beltway, right lane gets by that paving. and eastbound 66 at 50 looking pretty good. aaron? all right, thank you. 4:01 right now. less than 24 hou after multiple explosive devices were found in the u.s. mail, the fbi is looking into the that there may be more. at least seven suspicious packagestere being investi right now, all addressed to prominent democrats. an eighth may have been sen to former vice president joe biden. a postal workery reporteold investigators a suspicious package was spotted with biden name on it. that package has not been located though. also rgeted, california democratic congresswoman maxine waters, who may have received twopackages. this was the scene outside the mail facility near l.a. investigators had to bring in a robot here. another package was addressed to her d.c. office but was
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