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
york city bomb squad arrives on scene, they have to evaluate the device. they use a number of techniques to evaluate the device. then a decision is made how to disrupt the device. keeping in mind that they want to preserve as much evidence as they possibly can. so their assessment of the device, how the device is fired, what type of explosive is being used, what type of vessel it s in. in this particular case from the photos i ve seen, it appears to be some sort of pipe bomb, which is a very rudimentary device. but we all have to consider that if it came in the mail, it could be a victim-actuated device, it could be a timer. so all those things are factors on how the bomb squad will render the device safe. once they make that decision, they determine that it s safe to transport, they ll bring it up to rodman s neck where they can have some leeway in introducing a disrupter or remotely take the device apart.