Excessive tape, those are things to key in on. Every bomb maker, theyre just like bakers, they have their own special signature, how they crimp the wires, the tool marks, how they tape it up and type out the address. Thank you for your expertise. Were going to stand by, jim and i here. Were just about a block away from cnn, which is still closed because theyre looking at what that white powder could be. Well go back to the studio in d. C. I do want to reset what we know right now. Any moment now the president is expected to deliver a speech where hes likely to address these devices that have been sent to Public Officials and offices today. A pipe bomb appeared to be mailed to the Time Warner Center, which is where cnn is in new york. And there is white powder still
being tested in the mail room there. We have an image of a device addressed to former cia director john brenan. However, it was found there at Time Warner Center. Also targeted, former president obama, the clintons and forme
inferred by who the targets are. it doesn t mean it s conclusive, but i think we can use the language safely by saying it s a theory, it s a theory of the case that these people were targeted because of their political beliefs. i think common sense leads us that way but certainly any law enforcement investigator would know that at this stage, just exactly what mr. o neill was saying. there s a theory of the case right now. they re going to prove it but that would be where you would start. one final thing, the department of homeland security has been quiet. i ve been monitoring. but this is a concerted attack right now. we re lucky these were unsophisticated devices, but someone or people were sophisticated enough to plan something against democrats or institutions that are viewed as liberal, and we should probably be sort of, you know, the department should be notifying state and local law enforcement and preparing them what they re
that s when a devicesensitive. and some of the innocent people along the delivery route could be injured by it. so sometimes a more crude device could be more dangerous. that s what i was told, the less sophisticated, the more volatile. in terms of who would have done it, how much can you draw from the targets? they re all specific, all check a box of being oppositional to the president from time to time at least. the first thing to look at is what do all these intended victims have in common? it s obvious. there s a political ideology here. if that s the case, it makes it that much worse. this is a very dangerous situation for the country. mike, i appreciate it. if you hear anything else, do me a favor. give us a yell and we ll come back to you.
obamas, to former attorney general eric holder. now as i bring in gloria borger to talk about this, we understand one was sent to democratic congresswoman maxine waters. this is significant when you see a pattern of targets here who are coincidentally not so coincidentally rhetorical targets of president trump s. absolutely. and maxine waters is one of his favorites. he actually and this is not my phrasing, it s his, talks about her as the very low i.q. maxine waters and disparages her publicly, as well as in tweets. i just want to say one thing about this because i was actually in missoula, montana last week when the president praised gian forte for body slamming a journalist. something the apologized for.
law enforcement will do its job. we have to be careful. we don t know the intent of who was at work here, whether there were multiple people, clearly people who wanted attention but i think what shimon s reporting bears out, these are people who are dialed in to what the dialogue is and who the targets are, rhetorically targets, of political figures from maxine waters to i have to go now let s go to the scene outside of cnn of time warner center. that s where our chris cuomo is. give as you sense of what s going on on the ground now, chris, and also how things have been here. reporter: well, this has been a long morning. we re told inside the building they re sweeping floor by floor. the package didn t just have a crude explosive device in it, it may have had a substance in it as well. because of how those substances can move through the air, you