And into a containment van and ultimately taken care of. But were 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. Nbcs Investigative Reporter tom winters joins me now via phone. Tom were 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. Thats certainly kind of the we were edge of midtown ma
police department, bomb squad, is taking a look at just to make sure that the interior of that is not different in a way that could cause you harm to them or anybody else. so that is something that i really would like to we re all trying to get a better handle on frankly. and i want to bring back kerry sanders at that sorting facility in opa-locka. give us an update where you are. reporter: i m at the opa-locka mail sort facility. this is where several of the bombs have been found. this is not the regular sort of post office where you go and drop off your mail or buy sample stamps. this is where they sort the packages. bomb number 11 now, the bomb that was addressed to senator cory booker, was found at this facility. late last night at around 11:00 p.m. or so, they actually evacuated the building here if a short period of time. it is believed that is when they found the package amongst a sea
they spotted something. and they said something, stephanie. thank you so much to all of them. if you re joining us now, we re continuing to follow this breaking news. two more suspicious packages. one to former director of national intelligence, jame clapper, found at a mail facility in florida. bringing the total number to 12. i want to bring senator warner back in for a moment. senator, we re seeing kirstjen nielsen to border. the narrative the president wants to focus on is this migrant caravan. when i look at images from 52nd and 8th, you re looking at a potential 12th bomb being driven to a facility to inspect. as far as the narrative goes, you do have a midterm coming in two weeks. to me, i look at this and say, we have a domestic terrorist on the loose. but from a strategic standpoint, the white house just keeps saying look at this caravan,
carrying packages. in masks. this is one of the scarier times in our year. how does law enforcement handle itself? i want to focus this a little bit for you, the audience and certainly new yorkers. these bombs and parcels are very small. they can kill you if you open it and it s a foot ahead of your chest. that s how we open our mail, jim. no, that s what i m saying. but it s not going to kill anyone on street who s running away. one thing to get in your mind is this is a targeted bomb. this is not a massive car bomb placed in the street that can kill people for blocks.
identify who this bomber is. quick action is required here. i think in a case like this, there are many more clues. there is a lot of evidence left behind in an undetonated bomb. i m hopeful that the investigators from atf, fbi, and don t forget the postal inspectors who play a very important role in this on every piece of mail, there s an electronic signature that is affixed that can tell the entire routing of that piece of mail. you will see all kinds of numbers and bar codes that can identify the chain of that package. and so through that work, they can identify where the packages were mails. look at surveillance cameras from there and perhaps get clues. even the powder itself can be unique and they can trace that back to where the powder was sold and manufactured. all those component parts like