Bombing Probe News Today

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 whos 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 were 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 p...

Something that he drives or in connection to this, the one live on the screen right now, and we will continue to get some more information as to what he is charged with. We should be hopefully getting that in the next hour or so. All right. Our justice correspondent pete William S Williams is also reporting that dna evidence played a role in his arrest. I am going to step aside and Andrea Mitchell reports starts now. Thank you, craig. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington, and breaking news with the ...

List is two former presidents, and democratic officials, and democratic law officials and a leading democratic donor. and now, joining me is kerry sanders and msnbc national analyst clint watt, a fbi agent, and geoff bennett, and investigations reporter tom winter. tom -- tom, lets start with you. >> andrea, the reporting from my colleag colleagues jonathan dienst and pete williamss who is on the way to the justice department now is that cesar sayoc jr. is the person taken into the cust dichlt h...

Been arrested in connection with the bombing probe that we have been talking about for the last few days. and there is to be a press conference this afternoon led by the joint terrorism task force, and in connection with the nypd, and you can see him as officer or detective there as part of it and the fbi and nbc news reported that the officials were circling florida as a location of where the package may have been sent. several hours ago around 10:00 a.m., myself and my colleagues here, pete wi...

That are on the side of this, it appears that the -- >> clint, sorry, but i am sorry we have a name here. and tom winter, what can you tell us? >> craig, our understanding is that a person named see cyock jr. who lives in new york area and previously known to law enforcement. he had some run-ins with the law enforcement in the past, and he has been arrested in connection with this bomb probe. he is believed to be 56 years old and we had mentioned that earlier, and so, that reporting from my coll...

Some perhaps receipts or something linking him to the boston marathon bombing probe is in the area. we have law enforcement officials telling us they are looking for evidence tied to the bombing probe. there were at least three dozen people clad in white suits there for most of the day today combing through trash. people said they were looking at everything, turning over papers, other stuff. i certainly wouldnt want to be there but you all in the search for evidence. one person said the fbi is b...

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