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and into a containment van and ultimately taken care of. but we re left with a lot of questions as we close the show this morning. that does it for us for now. stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. we begin with that very breaking news. two more packages found this morning. one addressed to senator cory booker and another to former director of national intelligence james clapper. nbc s investigative reporter tom winters joins me now via phone. tom we re up to 12 potentially suspicious packages. walk us through this. shortly after 8:00 a.m. this morning, we first got word the package that was addressed to cory booker but was found at a mail facility in south florida, at that time, we understood it, the package was addressed to booker in camden, new jersey. the package obviously does not appear to have ever made its way there. they were able to get subsequently, about the same time, a mail sorting facility in new york city. that s certainly kind of the we were e ....
important questions that are not yet answered. is he alone? is this person acting alone some is this person the suspected bomber or someone connected to it? we are following all of this as we follow the progress of that van and the developments in this case. keeping our eyes on the white house as well as president trump is expected to speak any moment. thank you so much for joining me. i will hand it off to john king with inside politics. we will continue our coverage. thank you and welcome to inside politics. as kate noted, we will continue to following the dramatic breaking news this hour. the justice department confirms federal authorities have arrested a man in south florida in connection to the explosive packages sent across the country. that arrest a bit earlier today and now a dozen packages in total sent to political operatives and opponents of the president and cnn. a news conference led by the attorney general here at 2:30 h here eastern time. in new york, tracking ....
news coverage here in new york city now. craig melvin at msnbc headquarters. the nation on high alert, on high alert over a domestic tryst terrorist who s been waging war through the u.s. mail all week. pete williams just a few moments ago reporting that a person has been taken into custody at this point, a person we re told perhaps in his 50s taken into custody in florida for questioning in connection with the mail bombs that have been sent to prominent americans all over this country over the past few days. details as to this person s connection right now, those details remain unclear. this coming as two more explosive devices were discovered today, a total of 12 devices have now been sent, 12 explosive devices. today one package found at a new york postal facility on the west side of manhattan. that one was addressed to former director of national intelligence james clapper. the other intercepted in florida. that one was addressed to new jersey democrat cory booker. all of ....
doesn t have a mailing address of somebody you know because of those false alarms inhibit law enforcement s 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. i m 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, we ll speak ....
development that folks were hoping for. that s an arrest in this. of course, a lot of investigation to move forward. are there others? is this certainly the person? those questions investigators working on right now. but our colleagues are going to continue to follow this throughout the day. we have our colleague kate bolduan coming up right now. really appreciate it. thanks so much. as you said, breaking news out this morning. and a new chapter begins. a man arrested in connection with these bomb packages. with these suspicious devices. 11th and 12th suspicious devices intercepted today. a lot to get to. let me get to shimon prokupecz. you and the team have been iworking on this all morning. what do we have? we don t know who he is. we don t know anything about him. here s the bottom line. since last night, i would say, early last evening, we had heard there was significant progress made, and that they believed they had identified someone who was responsible for this, or ....