which was, oddly, congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz s office in sunrise, florida. of course she didn t send that package. the exact same return address, we should note, was used for clinton s and obamas packages. devices were also sent to democratic congresswoman maxine waters on capitol hill. they re still trying to figure out if it s tied to these other incidents, as well as one sent to liberal billionaire and philanthropist george soros and to cnn s headquarters where it was addressed to john brennan, former cia director. this is the device that was sent to the time warner center. as i said, it was addressed to president obama s cia director, john brennan, a vocal critic of president trump. now the packages are being described as rudimentary but operative explosive devices, leading investigators to fear the intent was to kill and to kill a lot of people. no, thankfully, none of the devices went off and while we don t know the suspect or his or her or their motive, law enforc
Very much early in the investigative stage. but what we saw there is the balance of law enforcement officers have to do. on one hand, the assistant director to the fbi indicated they don t want to disclose information which is true, right? you want to protect the integrity of the ongoing investigation, but shows the importance of the media and getting information because but for the coverage, the security officer who worked for mr. de niro, would not have found that device, he saw the picture on tv and said, that s something that looks familiar. it shows that balance of what do you divulge, keep close to the vest. they also wouldn t say, you know, there had been some reports that maybe one of the devices originated in florida, they wouldn t confirm any of the above. interesting we were talking before, you were reporting on that at least the device from here time warner center was is en route to quantico. it sou it sounds like they detonated one device but the rest in tact on the wa
Which was, oddly, congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz s office in sunrise, florida. of course she didn t send that package. the exact same return address, we should note, was used for clinton s and obamas packages. devices were also sent to democratic congresswoman maxine waters on capitol hill. they re still trying to figure out if it s tied to these other incidents, as well as one sent to liberal billionaire and philanthropist george soros and to cnn s headquarters where it was addressed to john brennan, former cia director. this is the device that was sent to the time warner center. as i said, it was addressed to president obama s cia director, john brennan, a vocal critic of president trump. now the packages are being described as rudimentary but operative explosive devices, leading investigators to fear the intent was to kill and to kill a lot of people. no, thankfully, none of the devices went off and while we don t know the suspect or his or her or their motive, law enforcem
Tells you they re treating this as an attempted act of terrorism, jake. and jim, earlier today, new york city mayor bill de blasio told me that they re operating under the assumption that there are more bombs out there, that they have not yet found. new york governor andrew cuomo just announced he s deploying a hundred additional national guard soldiers and directing state law enforcement to double security at vital assets across new york. obviously, there s concern that this isn t over yet. reporter: there is concern, and keep in mind the progress of events. it started on monday with this bomb sent to george soros. this morning, my colleague and i were on the air here at cnn headquarters discussing packages sent to the former president obama, former president bill clinton, and former secretary of state hillary clinton when we learned of a new device sent to this location so the possibility still remains of other locations around the country, other individuals targeted, so it s not
Targeted are all individuals whom president trump has attacked aggressively and publicly. the fbi asking tonight for the public s help releasing this image and saying, anyone who has information should contact the agency. we have a team of reporters standing by from florida to new york, washington, i want to start with jim sciutto outside the cnn offices in new york. jim, this is a major multistate investigation now under way. reporter: it is, and with similarities in the devices, the m.o., et cetera, which is leading investigators to believe that the same individual or individuals are behind all of these attempted attacks here. that s because of the similarities to the device, similarities to delivery method, and now what they re doing is poring over, for instance, video footage, new york city, particularly in this area, covered with cctv cameras, something a development post-9/11, in fact, for this express purpose, to be able to